runt18 / gitforce

A visual front-end to git

GitForce

GitForce is a GUI front-ends for the git command line tool. GitForce runs on both Windows and Linux.

Features

• Intuitive GUI with drag and drop
• Multiple sets of changes independent of a single "index" mandated by the git design
• Single executable file and no need for installation
• Runs on Windows and Linux (using Mono) and perhaps on other OS-es with Mono support
• Create and manage multiple git repos
• Easy scan for local repos
• Supports multiple remote repos
• Multiple workspaces which are sets of repos
• Add custom tools to context menus to customize it to your specific needs
• Easy manage SSH keys and remotes
• See files' revision history, stash, unstash etc.
• Manage local and remote branches
• Integrated git command line interface if you still want to use it
• Users familiar with Perforce will find this UI very familiar

Links

• Documentation link
• Forum link

Setting up dev environment

On Windows OS, install MSVC 2010 SP1 or MSVC 2012. On Linux OS, install Mono.

The current code has been developed on Windows and the same binary works well on Linux (using Mono). It should also work on other OS-es that have Mono support.

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