Git Extensions¶
Git Extensions is a toolkit aimed at making working with Git under Windows more intuitive (note that Git Extensions is also available on Linux and Macintosh OS X using Mono). The shell extension will integrate in Windows Explorer and presents a context menu on files and directories. There is also a Visual Studio plug-in to use Git from the Visual Studio IDE.
Features¶
- Windows Explorer integration for Git
- Visual Studio (2010 - 2015) plug-in for Git
- Feature rich user interface for Git
- Single installer installs Git, Git Extensions and the merge tool KDiff3
- 32bit and 64bit support
- Runs under Linux or Mac OS X using Mono
Video tutorials¶
There are video tutorials for some basic functions on YouTube.
Links¶
See the following links for the Git Extensions download page, source code and documentation.
- Download page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gitextensions/
- Source Code: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions
- Source Code Issue tracker: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues
- Documentation: https://github.com/gitextensions/GitExtensionsDoc
- Documentation Issue tracker: https://github.com/gitextensions/GitExtensionsDoc/issues
- Wiki: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/wiki
Please feel free to raise any issues with Git Extensions or its documentation at the appropriate Issue tracker link as shown above.