Rui CarmoThe SCM du jour, which replaced Mercurial for me, and with a number of followers largely due to the massive amount of projects managed with it (and github’s rise in popularity).
Snippets
Dealing with line endings
Use git config --global core.autocrlf input to have git convert files to LF ending when committing (essential if you want to diff whole trees)
Tools:
| Date | Platform | Link | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec’14 | N/A/ | Gitfs | – | A FUSE filesystem that keeps track of changes |
| May’14 | N/A | Gitlist | – | A PHP front-end |
| Apr’14 | N/A | Gitblit | Interesting | A Java based solution. |
| N/A | Gogs | Interesting | A self-hosting Go solution, pretty neat. | |
| Aug’13 | N/A | gittle | Great | A high-level Python implementation based on Dulwich |
| Jun’13 | N/A | klaus | Great | A Python-based repository browser |
| Jan’13 | N/A | libgit2 | Promising | A linkable library for git |
| Jan’12 | N/A | git-extras | Interesting | A set of extensions for team work. |
| Apr’11 | Mac | GitX | Interesting, haven’t tried it yet | Another fork with even more features |
| Feb’11 | Mac | gitx | Damn good | A fork of the traditional GitX with a number of new features |
| Sep ’10 | Multiple | Dulwich | TBD | a pure Python implementation |
| Mac | Gitbox | Free for up to three repos. | ||
| gitnub | RubyCocoa, plays nice with github, requires some tweaking. | |||
| Gity | Simple and straightforward UI. | |||
| Gitti | In beta. Seems to have a decent revision graph. | |||
| GitX | The classic. | |||
| GitMac | Also in beta. No remarkable features. | |||
| Multiple | SparkleShare | Wants to be Dropbox as well. Might be the best thing ever for non-tech users if it ever gets out a Windows or Mac version. |
Training:
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Apr ’12 | A successful Git branching model | Very good approach, made easier with gitflow.  |
| Aug ’10 | Git for the lazy | A moderately broad introduction. |