Glint

Maker

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Hello everyone! I'm Mike, the creator of Glint. I've been slowly working on this project in my spare time, and am proud to finally release it 😄 A GUI for Git is an essential tool for the modern developer, whilst there are several existing options out there, I was frustrated by the lack of one that ticked all the boxes. With Glint I've tried to build something that has all the powerful features required by expert developers, whilst still being accessible to beginners, and with a free option that truly makes it accessible for everyone. I've also put a lot of effort into making it look beautiful and work smoothly, because I believe it is important that the tools we interact with on a daily basis are a joy to use. Glint features: - A graph showing commits, branches, tags, and the topology of merges - Full syntax highlighting - A built-in 4-way merge conflict tool - Powerful search capabilities - Integrations with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket - The ability to edit existing commits I would greatly appreciate any & all feedback, and am more than happy to answer any questions 🙏❤️

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2yr ago

Samuel Stroschein

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@mike_jerred are you using VSCode? Extensions like gitgraph and gitlens seem to provide what you are building. I am curious why you decided to build glint in spite of the existence of those extensions.

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2yr ago

Mike Jerred

Glint

Maker

@samuel_stroschein Hi Samuel, that's a great question. So extensions such as GitLens can be really great, but they do provide a different experience compared to a dedicated desktop app. Personally, I find that I do not need to constantly have all the git related info when I am writing code, and prefer to keep vscode more minimal, and also I work with multiple repositories where I need to make commits together which is better suited for a dedicated app with tabs. The company behind GitLens actually does make a desktop app as well which is more of a direct competitor to mine. That software (the GitKraken client) is very good and has a lot of features, however it is not free to use on private repos. I believe GitLens follows a similar pricing structure.

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2yr ago

Sergey Pozhilov

Congrats on the launch! Hope you'll find a niche for your app among other, well established git clients. Personally, I'm a big fan of sourcetree. Tried yours, got error loading repo (something like "undefined" js in migration), uninstalled.

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2yr ago

Mike Jerred

Glint

Maker

@serggg Hi Sergey, I'm sorry that you had a poor experience :( Unfortunately, I am unable to locate this error in the app crash analytics. Is the repo you opened a public one by any chance? If so I would be able to clone it myself to try and reproduce the error.

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2yr ago

Sergey Pozhilov

@mike_jerred hope this screenshot will help. Reinstalled, got exactly the same error after opening a local copy of my 2-devs repo with quite a lot of comits and branches. The repo does exist in my github account, but I was opening a local copy. https://imgur.com/AyfWadI

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2yr ago

Mike Jerred

Glint

Maker

@serggg Thanks for taking the time to do that Sergey! The error message is helpful to me, hopefully I can figure out the bug from that.

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2yr ago

Glint

A graphical interface for Git