TortoiseGit

Name: TortoiseGit
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

127 likes

TortoiseGit is a Windows Shell Interface to Git and based on TortoiseSVN. It's open source and can fully be build with freely available software.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source

Application typeApplication types

Origin

International

Platforms

Windows

Tailored context menu for (ignored) .patch files

+25

Overlay icons in explorer indicating the status of files and folders

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Features

Properties

Lightweight

Features

Git Support
Dark Mode
Shell integration
Document Merging

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adoin added TortoiseGit as alternative to Git Agent
12 days ago
Aleksandar-Dezelin added TortoiseGit as alternative to Sourcerer
17 days ago
BHARATH-CHANDRA-VADDARAM added TortoiseGit as alternative to GitPulse
22 days ago
cheat2001 added TortoiseGit as alternative to AngKorGit
about 1 month ago
POX added TortoiseGit as alternative to Ziggity
2 months ago
timbornemann added TortoiseGit as alternative to Open-Git-Control
2 months ago
Benzine liked TortoiseGit
3 months ago
erebosgr thinks Shell integration is a important feature of TortoiseGit
5 months ago
devlint added TortoiseGit as alternative to GitWand
5 months ago
Tomokisan added TortoiseGit as alternative to GitSquid
5 months ago

Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

b4st1en

★★★★★

Jun 20, 2022

Was used to use TortoiseSvn, so when it cames to Git... Thanks for the good job !

fibo

★★★★★

May 17, 2016

TortoiseGit is really great for:

comparing a file with its previous version(s)
solving "3file conflicts" where a file contains conflictong snippets (**but **TortoiseGit "helps to create" them, see below)

TortoiseGit is really bad for:

detecting and preventing conflicts both at "pull" and "push" times
selecting easily files in a subdir (does not hint very well at select-time which files were really updated and need to be synced)

I am a happy TortoiseGit user for files comparisons, history, etc.

For staging I prefer Git-Bash or Git-GUI
For pulling I prefer Git-Bash
For pushing I prefer Git-GUI

JackFosters

★★★★★

Sep 25, 2015

Really good for those, who don't want to use Linux for work in GIT. THis software helps to do everything needed (pull, push, merge). And also the logo (turtle) is very nice, too :)

MandyFloost

CommentOct 5, 2015

really helps in professional life. I am not a developer, and work with git in Win environment. Really like this!

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What is TortoiseGit?

TortoiseGit is a Windows Shell Interface to Git and based on TortoiseSVN. It's open source and can fully be build with freely available software.

Since it's not an integration for a specific IDE like Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse or others, you can use it with whatever development tools you like, and with any type of file. Main interaction with TortoiseGit will be using the context menu of the Windows explorer.

TortoiseGit supports you by regular tasks, such as committing, showing logs, diffing two versions, creating branches and tags, creating patches and so on (see our Screenshots or documentation).

It is developed under the GPL. Which means it is completely free for anyone to use, including in a commercial environment, without any restriction. The source code is also freely available, so you can even develop your own version if you wish to.