The purpose of Git is to manage a project, or a set of files, as they change over time. Git stores this information in a data structure called a repository. TortoiseGit is an open source Git control client, that was built to provide the tools to better manage the source code. It isn't integrated into a specific IDE, so the only way to interact with the program is by using the context menu of the Windows Explorer.
Like I mentioned earlier, the program commands are available directly from Windows Explorer and are personalized for every specific action, so it will only display commands that are available for the selected file or folder.
It has a powerful commit dialog that automatically offers suggestions for paths or keywords, special text formatting characters, and a built-in spell checker. Moreover, this Git client comes with an integrated web-based bug tracking system and other helpful tools, such as GitMerge - for resolving conflicts, or showing changes made to files - or GitBlame, which shows blames of files.
In conclusion, TortoiseGit is a decent Git client, is available in various languages and it impresses through its stability. The only downsides I encountered are an issue with the overriding git status file icons by the cloud provider and the poorly integrated selection of files in a subdirectory.
v2.6 [Feb 20, 2018]
Features
- Fixed issue #3089: Show parent SHA1 on cherry picking a merge commit.
- Fixed issue #3052: Filename autocomplete in commit dialog ignores filenames starting with underscores.
- TortoiseGitMerge now uses native ribbon instead of MFC wrapped. This results in a noticeable speed up (cf. issue #1616) and also fixes issues with rounded corners for maximized windows (cf. issue #1767).
- Fixed issue #3107: Clean: Allow to remove orphaned submodules (i.e., clean -f -f).
- Fixed issue #3126: Add an option to show all refs of a commit in the log (all refs are shown now by default).
- Fixed issue #3116: Revision graph: add ability to delete branches.
- Fixed issue #3121: Create shorter branch names when checking out a commit.
- Update linked libraries:
- pcre to 8.41.
- apr to 1.6.3 and apr-util to 1.6.1.
- Commit now informs the user if there is a conflict hint in the commit message (line starting with "# Conflicts:").
- Fixed issue #3137: Add TortoiseGit to Win10 default program list.
- Fixed issue #3141: bisect: add good/bad continue options to progress dialog.
- Add support for github's new client protocol (x-github-client).
- Fixed issue #3160: Close TortoiseGitBlame window by ESC key (you might need to reset keyboard shortcut settings manually).
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue #3029: LogDlg: Action column icons painted over Graph or message columns when turned off or resized.
- Fixed issue #3042: Spelling and grammar errors in First Start Wizard.
- Fixed issue #3035: TortoiseGit 2.5.0.0 might crash in LogDlg after fetch or refreshing working tree status.
- Fixed issue #3050: TortoiseGitMerge UI: Context menu is not available on margin left to text any more.
- Fixed issue #3059: Right click in touch mode is not working.
- Fixed issue #3064: Commit dialog ignores "Select items automatically" when refreshing.
- Fixed issue #3036: Can not save changes in Settings -> Network after trying to add command-line option to the SSH-client.
- Fixed issue #3066: Message field needs vertical scrollbar in Create Tag dialog.
- Fixed issue #3033: Cannot view submodule log if repository sits under directory symlink.
Update libgit to 2.15 based on Git for Windows source.
- Fixed issue #3055: Explorer crash when deleting two independent folders.
- Fixed issue #3047: When Log Messages window is narrow, Filter box placeholder text may cover up the Filter Types button.
- Fixed issue #3090: Show Log window stuck with "Fetching changed files...".
- Fixed issue #3084: Improve info message for merge-doc.js and drop broken URL.
- Fixed issue #3085: merge-doc.js: Word 2007 does not make a three-way comparison and the documents are shown in wrong order.
- Fixed issue #3086: merge-doc.js: Merge document in word >=2010 leaves three open windows.
- Fixed issue #3096: Duplicate 'Save as...' context menu items appear when closing and opening 'View Patch' window.
- Fixed issue #3093: Icon overlay might show ignored directories containing files as modified.
- Fixed issue #3076: Commit dialog opens with incomplete rendering in Windows 7 classic theme.
- Fixed issue #3094: Diff command results in crash.
- Fixed issue #3041: Commit Window might freeze when clicking on the last modified header shortly after opening.
- Fixed issue #3061: MenuButton popup might show directly under mouse arrow.
- Fixed issue #3108: Versioned file in ignored folder causes wrong overlays.
- Fixed issue #3109: Bad greying out of outer paths (other paths with same prefix also match).
- Fixed issue #3132: Post commit hook doesn't show up on settings dialog.
- Fixed issue #2990: SendmailDlg: Don't auto select entries when using arrow keys.
- Fixed issue #3134: Deletion of submodule does not allow user to select the deleted (red) submodule on commit.
- Fixed issue #3138: "Check for modifications", "Revert" and other dialogs do not work after git update to version 2.16.0: "fatal: empty string is not a valid pathspec".
- Fixed issue #3139: Git SSH operations do not work after git update to version 2.16.0 if ssh URL contains a port.
- Fixed issue #3143: Remember last selection of "Show nested refs" when browsing references.
- Fixed issue #3152: TortoiseGitMerge: Single pane view as default.
- Fixed issue #3158: TortoiseGitProc.exe hangs with 100% CPU when displaying commit window.
- Fixed issue #3153: "Failed to parse config file" if .gitconfig or .gitmodules use CRLF and contain blank lines.
- Fixed issue #3155: Can't parse config or .gitmodules files if the encoding is UTF-8 BOM.
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