A pretty and feature rich git GUI for Linux

Question

I was checking out for a rich GUI for Git on Linux. 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 SO 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 DE. All the features I require in gitGUI is not in either or 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 features than many of the above mentioned GUIs

Anyone knows of any Git GUI which looks like the above example I posted above?

Answer 1

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...

Answer 2

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.