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Has anyone been using this client, is it worth using as far as GUI's go?

I was excited when I heard about it, but after 5 minutes I was disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it's very well designed. But it didn't add value for me. I use GitX and I find it more useful, and has a better UI.

I think it's a great simple interface for, say, our designers who may need to interact with git but don't necessarily need or want to know more about it than absolutely necessary.

For power users, look elsewhere.

The good news is that it's free — try it out and figure out if you like it or not.

I've been using it. My prior experience has been with TortoiseHG.

I think it's a very simplified view of source control and badly needs to be iterated to appeal to power users.

That said, I'd recommend it for novices to source control.

I've been using it. I like it a lot, but I can't figure out how to "git add ." in it!

I don't know why people are trashing this app. It's not exactly hard to use the command line if you don't like this app.

Using a GUI on git is just a convenience, and probably most useful for new git users.

What I think part of the problem people have with it is that it doesn't necessarily do what a seasoned git user would expect when syncing remote repositories, such as the fact that it pushes and pulls at the same time, and the pulls aren't normal pulls, they're rebase pulls.

I've been using it for about five days and I keep it open alongside textmate. I'm a CLI diehard but I do still find myself using it for things like switching branches and checking what's in a commit. It really does add value as far as that's concerned.

I think you need a terminal window open when using git really (unlike mercurial but lets not fight now). I do however like Tower

I've had both open. They compliment each other.

I'm curious to hear from people who don't know - and don't want to learn - git on the command line. If this gets those uses checking their work into repositories, it will be a net win for version control.

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