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Pretty much any other client is better than GitHub Desktop (recommendations are Fork and then SourceTree from me, if you can use them, full disclaimer: GitKraken is probably great too, but I don’t have the experience with it to recommend it).By all means use GitHub (the server) though that’s fabulous.viewing commit history of branches) and has been lacking other basic features like being able to delete a branch.īut not even being able to create a tag until now, which is basically just an adhoc label, is crazy. Scroll down and click Merge pull request and finally Confirm merge.

#FORK OR GITHUB DESKTOP UPDATE#

Click on Create a pull request for this comparison and assign a predictable name to your pull request (e.g., Update from original). If the changes from the upstream repository cause conflicts. Note: If the repository is configured to use LFS, you will be prompted to. and navigate to a local directory where you want to clone the repository. To clone and open the repository with GitHub Desktop, click Open with GitHub Desktop. Review the details about the commits from the upstream repository, then click Update branch. On, navigate to the main page of the repository. Above the list of files, select the Sync fork dropdown menu. Many developers like this Git GUI for its syntax suggestions, pull. A free and open source tool, GitHub Desktop is a favored Git client for developers that use GitHub to host their remote Git repositories. I do not even recommend GitHub Desktop for people who are new to git under the claim of “well if it has less features it is probably easier to get going / onboarded”, because its UI layout is also crooked (e.g. Now GitHub will compare your fork with the original, and you should see all the latest changes. On GitHub Enterprise Cloud, navigate to the main page of the forked repository that you want to sync with the upstream repository. Reviews: Sourceforge GitHub Desktop Reviews, Slant GitHub Desktop Reviews. And of course from SourceTree, Fork, or whichever other poison you choose. Fork is getting better and better day after day and we are happy to share our results with you. Thankfully you can do it direct from Visual Studio, which is actually a better git UI client than GitHub Desktop. Cloning a repository is easy to do with GitHub Desktop. I mean seriously… this should have been in since day 1. Cloning in Git is a way to download a Git project from an online repository to your own computer.

Fork or github desktop