Short presentation of GitHub for Windows

[TulipVorlax]

Hi,

Maybe most people here wont need this information because veteran GitHub users certainly prefer to go directly to a console version of the GitHub software, but maybe there's slight chance this could become usefull to someone someday.

On my part, i always favor things that are easy to install and use on Windows, but without been a Windows fan boy because if there wasn't so many Windows only softwares and games i use, i would switch to Ubuntu or something. I tried that OS many times and since my switch to Windws 7, i have a Ubuntu Virtual box that i use when all else failled. That is, very rarely.

The following is a screen capture of the GitHub main software after installation, configuration (so it connect to my account) and selecting a repo :
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000669.jpg

I think i had a small deception here because i though this app would include more features and permit to do more things without the need to use the console. This app show the history of commits and can : publish, update, sync, create branch and manage them, rollback changes, edit the file "wings.git" and update it, open the file explorer, the console and the GitHub website, but it seems it's all it can do. I was not able to update my fork with it's ancestor. For this, i had to follow the tutorial by Micheus and use the console :

http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000670.jpg
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000671.jpg

But still, i would reccommend this app to beginners because it install easy and we dont even have to bother with the SSH key, all was done automatically. I also didn't have to install a Linux environnement.

Now, i just hope some day they make this app better.

[micheus]

TulipVorlax, even using the console, you have the option to use better windows with full control/commands over git repositories.
In the console, after you enter in the repository root, just type gitk. This application will show us all the fork history. Then, in the File menu option you can find the Start Git GUI option - this one is the one. Be careful using it.

[TulipVorlax]

Oh!
I didn't know that.

But when i start the GUI in gitk, i get a message asking if i want to compress some data base that contain 384 objects. Should i do it ?

[micheus]

I never did that.
Maybe you should make a backup of your wings folder before try it. It should make some optimizations for make process - that is not your case.

[TulipVorlax]

I can also simply clic "no".

I'm trying to make a shortcut to gitk but i dont find any gitk.exe in my computer.
I have git.exe and a lot of git-[something].exe, but no gitk.


Edit : Found something. In Git Gui, we can make a shortcut using File > Make a shortcut on desktop (mine is in french so it might be some other text).