GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

Re:GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code by kstenerud on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:40PM (#13878613)

A cross platform GUI git client that doesn't suck!

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Re:GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:29PM (#13879018)

This is a pretty great idea. For what I often deal with, the GitHub desktop client is okay (though obviously tied to GitHub), but then I was sad to also realize they don't offer it on Linux. (Maybe they assume Linux nerds don't need GUIs?)

I tried Tower when it was in beta for Windows, but the cost is too steep to justify it for me. But it seemed to be a lot more full featured than the GitHub client which isn't good for more than basic commits. And again, no Linux there either.

I'd definitely go for a solid, open source git client, and it's obviously very relevant to GitLab's business.

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Re:GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code by ylk on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:55PM (#13879226)

> (though obviously tied to GitHub)

You can actually use GitHub Desktop with any repo: https://help.github.com/desktop/faq/articles/do-you-support-... (Although it looks like you have to clone it first?)

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Re:GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code by j_koreth on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:52PM (#13882351)

Have you tried smartgit?

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Re:GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code by mullsork on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @05:13PM (#13879835)

Spend that money porting GitUp.co to multiple platforms instead. The only git GUI I've used that doesn't suck. Might be lacking in features though 8)

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