git-cola

git-cola

Hey there! So, let me tell you about git-cola. This cool tool is written in Python and gives you a handy graphical interface for Git. It makes managing your Git repositories super easy right from your desktop. The best part? You can use it on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X!

Getting Started with git-cola

Before you dive in, make sure you've got Python and Git installed on your computer. When you're setting it up, you can even add a "Git Cola Here" option to the Windows Explorer context menu. How convenient is that?

Main Features of git-cola

With git-cola, launching Git repositories is a breeze! You can create and merge branches, browse through tracked files, export tarballs from Git, apply patches, and even check out the history from remote repositories using a web browser.

Editing and Customizing Your Work

You’ll also love being able to view differences between old files and changes you've made. Plus, there's a search feature with grep that helps you find content easily. Want to start an interactive rebase? No problem! You can create and edit remotes or tags too.

User-Friendly Options

If you've got uncommitted changes lying around, you can stash them away or customize the editor settings. Need to revert some unstaged edits? You can do that too! Oh, and if you've got any untracked files hanging out in your filesystem, git-cola lets you delete those as well.

Keyboard Shortcuts & Documentation

The software supports keyboard shortcuts for quick actions. You can set up custom GUI actions or tweak GPG for signed commits if that's your thing. And don’t worry about getting lost; there's detailed user documentation available here. It explains all the commands supported by git-cola.

A Free Tool for Everyone!

The best news? It's completely free and open-source under the GPLv2 license! So why not give git-cola a try today?