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GitHub Desktop Quick Look

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GitHub desktop has come a long way to helping new users with a GitHub Flow development workflow.

Some great features I’ve seen in latest updates (Version 2.9.0 (x64) on macOS)

  • No list of repos in sidebar or ability to add many at once. (edit… you can drag directories… still no pinned sidebar like VSCode/Fork)
  • Being able to squash commits by just dragging is a great design decision. Having to click to rebase on GitGraph or other tools always feels easy to do wrong.
  • Update from main already built in. This is fantastic, and I can see how this provides a UI to do something similar to Git Town which I blogged on earlier here: 2021-02-23-git-workflow-with-git-town

Things Missing

These are things I personally value that keep me from using as my main git experience.

  • No graph view. I like the visual
  • Super nice options for easy update