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Re: git gtk+/GNOME gui application: gitg

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Feb 3, 2009, 16:58 UTC
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Jesse van den Kieboom venit, vidit, dixit 31.01.2009 21:05:
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> Hi,
> 
> I have been developing a gui application for git for gtk+/GNOME based on
> GitX (which in turn is based on gitk). I feel that it's reaching the
> point where it might potentially be useful for other people to use. It
> currently features:
> 
> - Loading large repositories very fast
> - Show/browse repository history
> - Show highlighted revision diff
> - Browse file tree of a revision and export by drag and drop
> - Search in the revision history on subject, author or hash
> - Switch between history view of branches easily
> - Commit view providing per hunk stage/unstage and commit
> 
> The project is currently hosted on github:
> http://github.com/jessevdk/gitg
> 
> clone: git://github.com/jessevdk/gitg.git
> 
> Please let me know what you think,
Not yet another one, please!

I'm sorry, but that was my first thought. I lost count of how many half-finished GUIs we have, using tcl/tk, gtk, qt, you-name-it-tk. I still don't see any which provide a consistent, "modern", stable GUI for viewing *and* committing, i.e. a replacement for gitk and git-gui.

The latter two still seem to be the most feature rich choices, but they suffer somewhat from their implementation language. Just look at the git survey and you know why nobody wants to work on them.

So, while any effort in enhancing the git environment is appreciated (I do appreciate yours), we recently see an increased splitting of efforts (web site, doc, lib, gui,...) rather than collaborative work. Maybe we can create a "git-gui-ng community", or even two for gtk and qt if it must be, but not more? A new "standard" gui which focusses most talents and efforts?

Cheers, Michael

The current tk high score list according to git.or.cz, including yours:

Qt3/4 : ****** GTK+ : *** Tcl/Tk: ** Cocoa : ** MFC : ** curses: *

Of the more modern tks, qt should be the most cross-platform solution. Do we have a winner here?

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Message 8 of 26 in “git gtk+/GNOME gui application: gitg”
  1. Jesse van den KieboomJan 31, 2009
  2. SZEDER GáborFeb 3, 2009
  3. 1/3 Fix "multi-character character constant" compile warningSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2009
  4. 2/3 Refactor loading xml UI filesSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2009
  5. 3/3 Try load UI xml files from the current working directorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2009
  6. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 14, 2009
  7. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 4, 2009
  8. Michael J GruberFeb 3, 2009
  9. Stefan KarpinskiFeb 3, 2009
  10. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 4, 2009
  11. Miles BaderFeb 4, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiFeb 3, 2009
  13. Felipe ContrerasFeb 4, 2009
  14. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 4, 2009
  15. Michael J GruberFeb 4, 2009
  16. Felipe ContrerasFeb 4, 2009
  17. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 4, 2009
  18. Felipe ContrerasFeb 4, 2009
  19. Michael J GruberFeb 4, 2009
  20. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 4, 2009
  21. Michael J GruberFeb 4, 2009
  22. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 4, 2009
  23. Miles BaderFeb 5, 2009
  24. Jesse van den KieboomFeb 5, 2009
  25. Miles BaderFeb 6, 2009
  26. Jakub NarebskiFeb 4, 2009

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