01-03-2014, 01:16 PM
Hi,
Maybe most people here wont need this information because veteran GitHub users certainly prefer to go directly to a console version of the GitHub software, but maybe there's slight chance this could become usefull to someone someday.
On my part, i always favor things that are easy to install and use on Windows, but without been a Windows fan boy because if there wasn't so many Windows only softwares and games i use, i would switch to Ubuntu or something. I tried that OS many times and since my switch to Windws 7, i have a Ubuntu Virtual box that i use when all else failled. That is, very rarely.
The following is a screen capture of the GitHub main software after installation, configuration (so it connect to my account) and selecting a repo :
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000669.jpg
I think i had a small deception here because i though this app would include more features and permit to do more things without the need to use the console. This app show the history of commits and can : publish, update, sync, create branch and manage them, rollback changes, edit the file "wings.git" and update it, open the file explorer, the console and the GitHub website, but it seems it's all it can do. I was not able to update my fork with it's ancestor. For this, i had to follow the tutorial by Micheus and use the console :
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000670.jpg
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000671.jpg
But still, i would reccommend this app to beginners because it install easy and we dont even have to bother with the SSH key, all was done automatically. I also didn't have to install a Linux environnement.
Now, i just hope some day they make this app better.
Maybe most people here wont need this information because veteran GitHub users certainly prefer to go directly to a console version of the GitHub software, but maybe there's slight chance this could become usefull to someone someday.
On my part, i always favor things that are easy to install and use on Windows, but without been a Windows fan boy because if there wasn't so many Windows only softwares and games i use, i would switch to Ubuntu or something. I tried that OS many times and since my switch to Windws 7, i have a Ubuntu Virtual box that i use when all else failled. That is, very rarely.
The following is a screen capture of the GitHub main software after installation, configuration (so it connect to my account) and selecting a repo :
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000669.jpg
I think i had a small deception here because i though this app would include more features and permit to do more things without the need to use the console. This app show the history of commits and can : publish, update, sync, create branch and manage them, rollback changes, edit the file "wings.git" and update it, open the file explorer, the console and the GitHub website, but it seems it's all it can do. I was not able to update my fork with it's ancestor. For this, i had to follow the tutorial by Micheus and use the console :
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000670.jpg
http://img.synaptique.ca/tutos/GitHub_000671.jpg
But still, i would reccommend this app to beginners because it install easy and we dont even have to bother with the SSH key, all was done automatically. I also didn't have to install a Linux environnement.
Now, i just hope some day they make this app better.
