Git Flow alternatives

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Git Flow is a very self-explanatory free software workflow for managing Git branches. It is a process that was originally created by GitHub with their internal team for managing software development. It has recently evolved into helping more teams with running their daily work. If you manage a small team and you have a good idea of what will be merged into a given branch and can accept that merging code that has not been reviewed is an anti-pattern, then there are many good reasons to consider Git Flow.

It was started as an experiment by the creators of GitHub itself, which was intended to be a more optimized version of the tool that preceded it, called Simplify, a Python script that helped users manage their Git workflow. It is a solution for those who have difficulties with aspects of Git. This tool seems more useful for new users rather than veterans of Git.

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Working CopyFree
Working Copy is a powerful Git client for iOS. It provides features like editing, commits staging, syntax highlighting, built-in source browser, and much more. It offers the full power of Git in an intuitive interface that works the way you want. It allows you to automate your Git workflow right from the app. It offers you to log your commits view diffs and stage files as you normally would.
It lets you stage and commits directly from the app using a simple drag-and-drop interface. It fixed some bugs and made it even easier for you to fix them bugs. It is able to automatically detect and fix some problems that you might not have been aware of. It is a fast and open source Git client for macOS written in Swift. It is designed to integrate with GitHub, Envoy, Source Tree, and other hosting providers, so you have a single window to manage all your code.
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CodeHubFree
CodeHub is the first app to bring Git and GitHub to the iPhone and iPad. It makes it easier to work with the code you’ve checked in or published. It’s designed for developers by developers. It brings more coding goodness to your favourite apps. It has a Pull Request feature, so you can easily get in touch with your team by reviewing pull requests with CodeHub. It allows you to switch between projects quickly, even if they are in another user’s organization.
It offers you to see all of your projects in one place, together with all their commits, diffs, branches, Issues and Pull Requests. You can view your repositories, pull requests and issues, track your progress as well as start new repositories, all from your iOS device. It allows you to download the code for your project to your computer. Its import function works best in combination with the new archive feature, which allows you to group repositories into an archive file.
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Atlassian StashPaid
Atlassian Stash is a centralized solution to manage Git repositories behind the firewall. It is a secure, online code repository that provides bug tracking, code review, wikis and project management tools. It has a datalog integration feature to monitor, alert, and troubleshoot with all your infrastructure metrics in one place. You can now clone existing GitHub repositories with it, including private ones (note that the latter can only be done after being granted access by the owner).
When you clone a repository from the GitHub website, you will now be presented with an option to import the repository into it. Add the repository and all its branches and pull requests, making it easy to continue your work straight away. You can also use it to clone command, which has gained support for importing existing repositories. It enables you to configure your own Git server and give your team an easy-to-use interface for hosting and managing repositories.
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Diff So FancyFree
Diff So Fancy is a software that provides Git hooks that enable users to choose a theme that is compatible with their version of Vim and automatically applies it when they open a diff file. It builds on the good-looking output of Git that gives diff-highlight to upgrade your diffs’ appearances. It is a program, a vim plugin, and a website that generates pretty HTML diffs with syntax highlighting.
Pretty diffs make it easier to review pull requests and spot changes in context. They also make it easier to navigate changes when only portions of files are changing. Diff So Fancy is a Git extension for IMac’s that writes diffs in the style of the popular diff-highlight script. It scripts the colours of patch files according to their changes. It’s written in Perl and comes with a few themes but doesn’t let you choose your own colours or specify the format of the patch.
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HubFree
Hub is a Git command-line tool that combines a graphical user interface with visual elements. You can run git commands directly from the home screen. Now you don’t have to switch to the browser to see the status or hunk information. It works with command-line Gits, so you can install it without leaving your terminal. It not only shows you more useful information about your project, but it also allows you to do a ton of more stuff in a minute.
Hub works on all terminal emulators and is available for Mac, Linux and Windows from default repositories. It uses an open-source library called Electron that lets you build cross-platform desktop apps by using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Its functionality has been integrated into the Git client, making it available to all Git users. In short, it enhances the git command line with features that make interaction with GitHub.
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GVFSFree
GVFS is a FUSE-based user-space virtual filesystem implementation for GIO. Its main aim is to provide a virtual file system in user-space by using the GIO library. It supports two back ends, one using FUSE and one using GIO; the FUSE backend allows to use of all the features of fuse, including transparently accessing remote file systems, while the GIO backend relies on libido to provide transparent, protected access to many local files.
GVFS makes it possible to see a single file system from several places. Furthermore, it provides support for file system features like hard links, symlinks, caps and extended attributes, which are not available in POSIX. It lets you work with files in the cloud by transparently mapping their URLs to local files or using any other protocol that is supported by GIO. It creates a virtual file system on top of the file systems of the host operating system.
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Go-gitFree
Go-git is a highly extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. It is compatible with the original Git (1) command. It’s the first and the only pure Go implementation of the most popular distributed version control system. It is compatible with existing servers and tooling (e.g. bash or zsh scripts), and it’s easy to use for both beginners and experienced git users. Its library uses gopkg.in as a source of extra packages and as a source of official import paths.
It means that all the extra packages are always available, and these packages are always installed into the same directory as the core package. It allows you to import them just by referring to their GitHub URLs. It views diffs and changes of each commit revert changes before pushing them. It creates branches, tags or notes by specifying a commit hash. It easily counts the number of words, lines or characters in any file of your repository.
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Pocket GitPaid
Pocket Git is a powerful standalone Git client for Android. It packs all the features you’d expect from a Git client into a beautiful and easy to use package. It is designed to allow you to do new things instead of old traditional things. It is an open source, standalone Git client for Android. It features a clean, distraction-free interface that lets you efficiently manage your Git repositories on the go.
It allows you to manage multiple repositories. It enables you to push, pull & fetch from any remote repository or local branch. It offers you to view and amend commit messages & files before committing. It supports you to add new files and amend the content in an existing commit. It permits you to pick commits from commit history. It merges branches & tags locally before pushing to a remote. It allows you to set custom remote branch names for push/pull & fetch actions.
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iOctocatFree
iOctocat is a GitHub app for your iOS devices that gives you access to the power of GitHub without ever leaving the app. It’s free, open source and ready to run on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It has a push notifications feature for Commits, Pull Requests, Issues, and Repositories. It also has code highlights for Atom, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Ruby, XML, Java, and PHP. It easily navigates the GitHub website and writes comments.
The core features of this extension include Managing Issues, Repositories, Favorites, Pull Requests, Gist’s, iCloud Sync, Screen-Sharing, Snippets, and more. It features a clean, distraction-free interface that lets you efficiently manage your Git repositories. It offers you to set custom remote branch names for push/pull & fetch actions. It allows you to count the number of words, lines or characters in any file of your repository. Overall it’s the best GitHub app for your iOS devices.
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MGitFree
MGit is a powerful git client that helps you to easily manage your repositories. It provides seamless integration with your Github account so that you can see your repositories and commits right in the app. It also lets you clone/fetch to/from any repositories you have access to. It allows you to manipulate remote repositories over Git such as HTTPS, FTP and other protocols. It is completely free, Open Source and available on the Android Market.
It features advanced repository settings such as branch, merges, cherry-picks, and many more. It offers you to view all your branches, tags, notes and more. It allows you to create new remote repositories or import existing repositories. It enables you to handle project-related actions like tagging and merging. It provides a file browser with the ability to check out any revisions or delete files. It provides an intuitive and easy to use interface, so you can use it easily even if you have less knowledge about coding.
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Git2GoFree
Git2Go is a mobile Git client that uses HTTP/Web Sockets to interact with a Git server. It offers all features that are free, including diff rendering, merging, cloning and everything else. It has a built-in code editor with syntax highlighting and code auto-complete. It has a fast & powerful offline-first workflow, and it is designed for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. It is being used by more than 350+ developers in the world. It supports more than 30+ git commands which include most of the git-flow commands.
It is used by developers to boost their productivity when they are on the go and required to commit, push, pull and merge code with their team. It enables developers to learn about Git in minutes and can easily get started. It offers an intuitive and user-friendly interface to use the most famous distributed version control system. In short, it is the best mobile Git client that can also be used by new developers.
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PolyGitPaid
PolyGit is a clone of the git command-line, but with UI changes to fit in better with the rest of the operating system. It provides you with a familiar way to interact with GitHub and Git repositories while maintaining the same commands and shortcuts. It reorganized all commands into groups to make more sense. For example, “Node” and “Remote” have been combined into one category called “Git”.
It offers an option to log out only when you are inside a repository. Its tab bar shows all available options at once instead of having to select Git -> Remote/Edit/etc. It has a new sidebar instead of the old menu bar to navigate through your repositories and open files. It packs all the features you’d expect from a Git client into a beautiful and easy to use package. It allows you to push, pull & fetch from any remote repository or local branch.
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Git LFS
Git LFS is an open source Git extension for versioning large files. It is designed for the development of software, electronic assets, media, and data. It allows teams to maintain large files in their Git repositories and track their history. Git is a distributed version control system for tracking changes in computer files and coordinating work on those files among multiple people. LFS (Large File Storage) lets you track files larger than 100 MB.
Git and LFS are a great combination for managing large files in Git repositories. Large files can be managed as normal, using Git for its versioning capabilities and stored in the LFS store for its file-size limitations and access control. You can edit a large file locally then push your changes to a remote repository. In short, it is useful for enterprise projects where there are restrictions on storing such large files in the repository.
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GitStatsFree
GitStatX is a FREE and Open Source GUI application for gitstats. Its main purpose is to provide a free alternative to GitStat. It is an independent platform that supports Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. Its interface is easy to use, and it allows users to get the data they need in a simple way. It is a command-line tool with a well-written manual page. It’s written in Python, so it can be easily cross-platform, which you can run on Linux, Mac, or Windows.
It runs on every platform supported by Python (version 2.7.13+). It allows you to create branches, tags or notes by specifying a commit hash. It recognizes your code by using a code scanner (powered by Skim). It views diffs and changes of each commit revert changes before pushing them. It offers a quick cherry-pick of commits from commit history. In short, it’s the perfect GUI application for gitstats.
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LazygitFree
Lazygit is a simple terminal UI for git commands. It can show you git output in a clean and simple way. It does not support all the interactive commands that you can execute in the git command line. It is a very simple project, so the installation process is also very easy. It is written in Javascript with Nodejs and uses tty.js to power the terminal emulation. It provides some handy shortcuts to common git operations.
It is designed for an interactive workflow, which means that instead of remembering command names and options, you just need to remember the actions and select them from a list. It is like using a mouse for editing text in vim. You can get started almost immediately, but take a few minutes to learn how the interface works and then you’ll be done with your day-to-day git operations in no time. It operates on all repositories hosted on a single server, so it’s great for when you are working with multiple repositories (project code, upstream code, etc.).
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