gitSafe
gitSafe is a SourceSafe like application written on top of git, a command line driven Source Control Management (scm) system.
It requires git to be installed (either Cygwin or msysGit versions)
During this initial development phase, source will not be available. Eventually, it will be made available on one of the free git hosting companies.
What it does
gitSafe's role is to simplify the tedium of learning and understanding git. If you're already using git from the command line and you're happy with it, then gitSafe may not bring much to the table, although it can help with getting a quick overall of the state of a git repository. In summary:
- Executes git commands and displays a nice gui as a result
- Simplifies the task of getting into git
- Provides a quick way of executing any git command from the app
- Provides a quick way of browsing to the current working folder, either in explorer or command line
- Provides a mechanism to create your own 'favourite' git commands and have them available from the application. You will also be able to assign Shortcut keys.
- Provides access to your favourite Diff/Merge program (this app does not provide it's own)
What it doesn't
- Provide a complete port to Windows of Git. It requires the Cygwin or msysGit version to be installed
- Provide a complete and bug free experience, although all efforts will be made to fix issues, no contributor shall be held responsible for a repository that no longer works :)
- No Diff or Merge facility is provided with this app. We use DiffMerge from SourceGear: it is simple and effective (and free).
System Requirements and Setup
- Windows
- git binaries. Either cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) or msysgit (http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/)
Setup
Simply go to the download section and copy the latest exe and place it wherever you want. This is NOT a setup, but the exe itself.
You shouldn't need the Visual Studio 2008 runtime, however, it is available from microsoft, here.
For more information about configuration options, please see here.
Suggestions
Whilst suggestions on the whole are welcome, at the moment in this development phase, all suggestions will be ignored, since there is a large body of work that must first be set up to make gitSafe a viable product. A forum may (later) be set up where people can vote for feature requests.