A pretty and feature rich Git GUI for Linux

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I was checking out for a rich GUI for Git on Linux. As of late, I have started using it a lot and find that even though command-line is very useful, I would still want a GUI at my disposal since I am not still very much aware with the advanced features.

I came across this question on Stack Overflow before, but I still have to ask this question again, as that question doesn't have my answer

  • I have used git-cola and gitk, but they look half-baked and gitk looks like I am working on some other desktop environment. All the features I require in gitGUI is not in either of them.

  • I tried giggle, but it is more useful for watching diffs

  • I tried QGit, but it is not fully complete.

Now let me tell how I want a foo-Git-GUI to look like:

  • You can have a look at Bzr Explorer. It is highly usable and has many more features than many of the above mentioned GUIs

Is there any Git GUI which looks like the above example I posted above?

gitk dvcs user-interface git
7 Answers

I doubt you're going to find what you want if you haven't already. Linux users tend to be quite happy using CLIs so there's not nearly so strong a drive for a huge GUI.

That said, you've somehow missed looking at git-gui. git-gui and gitk are the two that are actually part of the git suite, and they're designed to complement each other - gitk for looking at history and diffs, git-gui for making commits, merging, fetching, pushing...

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Git GUI is what I always use on Windows. It does just about everything I ever need to do in Git, and the graphical nature is invaluable for getting a good picture of what is going on.

I haven't tried it on Linux, but I doubt it is any worse there.

I think the reason there hasn't been a big push into alternative tools is that Git GUI is more than good enough for those who like to use GUIs.

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