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Re:Git Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Windows and Mac by Vanit on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:26PM (#31571486)
Fork, aka the footgun git UI that repeatedly causes me to lose productive time to help junior devs unmangle their local repos.

I usually recommend SourceTree to them, not because it's particularly amazing, but it does enough while not breaking repos (as often).

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Re:Git Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Windows and Mac by DanPristupov on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:47PM (#31571754)
Hi. Dan from Fork is here. I guess there's some mistake. I answer a lot of user questions daily and this is the first time I hear about such a feedback. I would really appreciate if you could send me any details (by email or using the feedback button on the toolbar in Fork).
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Re:Git Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Windows and Mac by peppertree on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:35PM (#31571592)
My experience has been exact opposite. SourceTree has been regressing since going Atlassian and Fork has been rock solid for years, especially for large repos.
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Re:Git Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Windows and Mac by a_chris on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:58PM (#31571892)
Opposite situation for me. I've been using Sourcetree for YEARS and it was a PITA, so bad, slow and counterintuitive. On the other hand Fork saved my mental health and it's by far the best git manager I've always used. This is the only software I would be happy to pay for.
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Re:Git Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Windows and Mac by cosmotic on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:49PM (#31571775)
It sounds like you're blaming the jr devs or the fork app, but really you should be blaming the tool, git, for allowing users to mangle their repos.
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Re:Git Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Windows and Mac by duncanc4 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @01:08PM (#31572027)
I also had the opposite experience. I used Sourcetree for a while, but the performance became really bad, so I switch to Fork and have never looked back.
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