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i have been using GitBox (http://gitboxapp.com) for quite awhile now, but it seems like it doesn't get much in the way of updates, so i tried this.

Very first thing it does is write a file called "gitclient.log" to my home directory. i deleted it, and it came back the next time i started the app. I see nothing in the prefs that allows you to move the file somewhere else.

call me picky, but this is is a deal-breaker for me. nothing gets to write files to the root of my home directory. Right into the trash.

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The developer is here. I've already mentioned, I wasn't ready to be on HN today (I'm not the OP), and that's why I missed logging. Anyway, I'm really sorry for that.

Right now I'm making a new build with the fix. Thanks for letting know.

Good on you for fixing it. I'll have another look after you put up a new build.

It's fixed now. I released new build. It's available on the website. All the users will receive the update automatically tomorrow. Thank you

I don't know why, but a lot of devs seem to just ignore ~/Library/Application Support/, where crap like this is supposed to go

It's worse on Windows, where Git tools (including some from Microsoft themselves!) expect to see a .ssh folder in your user folder root. Wrong. Bad. Windows doesn't work that way! There's not even any contract/guarantee the user folder root is writable by the user in Windows! Sigh.

Lazy Linux developers making lazy "ports" lazily.

Can confirm. Installing Git (or SSH) on Windows is frustrating beyond belief. I can't seem to ever get the .ssh folder in the correct place and when I do it doesn't make any sense (from a Windows standpoint). Grrrr...

I have GIT_SSH=plink in my environment. I don't get this.

Might be an issue with the port of openssh, rather than git itself.

Does GitBox still work without issues for you? About 3 months ago it just stopped working completely on two separate machines, could never get it to work again. Had to switch to Tower instead.

yes, i still use gitbox every day. no problems i can think of.

How are you using Git in the first place? The first time it asked me to do `git config --global user.name` and `git config --global user.email` and produced a ~/.gitconfig file.

I didn't have to do that, probably because I already had that stuff lying around from earlier git usage. Fork recognized several of the repos I use without me having to configure anything.

It was missing a couple of crucial repos I need, and I was in the process of figuring out how to add them, when I hit the show-stopper that caused me to put the app in the trash.

The developer says he's put up a new version without that problem, so I will try again.

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