Tower 9 for Mac is here

I was a really happy Tower user before they moved to SAAS. I can’t justify a monthly fee for a git client.

Take a hint from JetBrains or something, and if you <i>absolutely must</i> have some subscription fee guarantee a permanent version, and then actually patch bugs in all the versions for a reasonable time. Or just sell us a product, and offer maintenance&#x2F;sell upgrades if you must.<p>Otherwise, go out of business - especially for this kind of product.

Last week I finally made the leap from Tower 2 (which was the last non-recurring one) to a modern version.<p>The transition was smooth but also it&#x27;s very annoying that when you open a project and press the down key, it moves through the lateral menu instead of through the files (until you hit one file).<p>This breaks ~6 years of muscle memory. Could this please be amended (in an opt-in manner, of course)?<p>It would re-gain my trust, which is necessary for paying a subscription.

Pay-once licence, please. Feel free to charge for major upgrades, but subscription is unacceptable.<p>Still using Tower 2 sometimes :)

Tower 9 for Mac has just been released. This 4-minute video covers everything you should know: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;CuCCGSlBkis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;CuCCGSlBkis</a><p>Here&#x27;s what&#x27;s new — I&#x27;ll be here if you have any questions!<p>1. Merge Improvements:<p>- Merge UI: indicates the number of unresolved conflicts between two branches. Files now show badges depending on their status and it’s possible to view only conflicted files.<p>- Instant Conflict Detection: when merging, the dialog will instantly let you know if conflicts will occur.<p>- Restore Unmerged Versions of Files: developers can rollback accidental actions.<p>- It is now possible to create empty commits (or skip them entirely) and edit commit messages after resolving conflicts.<p>2. Diffing improvements:<p>- Auto-Expand Diffs in Changesets (you can set it to never, always, or for a number of items).<p>- Large Diff Warnings (you can adjust the threshold in the Preferences, default is 20 kb).<p>3. New Features:<p>- Snapshots: stashes that are automatically re-applied to the working copy (to quickly carry on with your work).<p>- Reveal any commit, branch, or tag in Tower&#x27;s &quot;History&quot; view.<p>This is a free update for existing Tower users with a current subscription. New users can download a free 30-day trial.<p>Also: Tower is free for students, teachers, educational institutions and non-profit organizations.

The Git UI built into all Jetbrains products (Pycharm, IntelliJ, etc) is fantastic and does everything you’d need.<p>Why would you pay for something separate?

What UIs are people using these days other than this? I&#x27;m mostly using command line but I like having something simple for commit editing and reviewing diffs file by file. I was using gitg for the last months on a linux laptop for this, which is fine but not spectacular. I got my new mac (finally) after waiting for that for several months yesterday and to my pleasant surprise, gitx is still being maintained and getting updates: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gitx&#x2F;gitx" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gitx&#x2F;gitx</a><p>I&#x27;ve used that for many years and I love it. But curious to hear what others use. Closed source is a bit of a non starter for me usually.

Used Tower since 1.0 but ditched it last month. Moved back to non-subscription Tower 1.0 but focusing on lazygit and CLI with merge support from old Kaleidoscope version. VSC is more than a good enough git gui too.<p>Tower’s GUI just became crap over time, it was a step forwards moving back, ironically.

This is requiring a subscription, and it mac&#x2F;windows only.<p>Sublime-merge supports also Linux, is a very nice git ui, and you pay once for the licence.<p>If you like Sublime text, it&#x27;s the same type of experience, but for git.

Does Tower support env variables? Last time I checked they didn’t. I wonder if there is any GUI git app which duplicates&#x2F;shows exactly which git console commands were used?

as someone who only uses git from a terminal: what advantages do guis bring?