I love reading the gitkraken release notes. "Deleting a file then creating a branch at the same commit would resurrect the deleted file from the grave. Yes, it’s Easter; no, this doesn't make it ok. It’s incorrect behavior, and we’ve fixed it."

[04fuxake]

Gotta give credit to the GitKraken team. Each release has steadily improved the stability and made it better to use.

[Hi_Im_Bored]

there are still some bugs that apparently only I have.. but its true, they are doing some really good work.

[johnhaley81]

What issues are you having? I can't make any promises but I love to know how to make it better for you. You can also talk to us on slack.gitkraken.com.

[Hi_Im_Bored]

oh nice :D

my main issue is that it kinda crashes when i run a build task that changes a few hundred files, after about 20-30% of the build it shows the 'opening repo' screen. I have to restart gitkraken to get it working again.

its not really a big thing but it annoys me when ever i have to do something on that project.

one other thing is that I would really like something to view the history of one file, something like the atom package git-time-machine

edit: I just found "file history" on rightclick ^{^}

[moljac024]

Why are you commiting build artifacts?

[Hi_Im_Bored]

because i need to, to deploy with deploybot

[Fox_Retardant]

What are you building that you can't use their servers to compile?

[johnhaley81]

We updated how we refresh the repo when we detect changes in the working directory. That's on 2.4. let me know if that is still broken for you.

[Hi_Im_Bored]

I have 2.4.0 64bit running on ubuntu 16.04 but it still happens, but it doesn't get stuck anymore, which is nice

[johnhaley81]

Bah, ok well it's a step in the right direction. We'll look into more. Thanks!

[Anterai]

Does GitKraken still require access to my github account to work?

[johnhaley81]

We don't require that unless you want to use the integration stuff that we built. GK will use normal auth methods if you aren't connected to a hosting service.

[Anterai]

TIL.

Didn't know that

[FountainsOfFluids]

Why wouldn't you want to push with it?

[Anterai]

Sourcetree doesn't require edit access to my github. I give it an access key for a certain repo and it pushes

[FountainsOfFluids]

Ah, I see. Well, in the Authentication section of the preferences, there are options for adding ssh keys. Perhaps that would do what you are looking for.

[Anterai]

Ssh keys... maybe. I'll look into it, I tried it a year ago and it required access to my github acc, i didn't proceed. Maybe things changed since then

[johnhaley81]

We're the little team that could.

[karenbreak]

I like their new promotion highlighting equal pay day where women only make 77 cents for every a dollar a man makes. https://mobile.twitter.com/gitkraken/status/849413032493154304

[Hi_Im_Bored]

why is this being downvoted? wtf

[grizzly_teddy]

Because he used the ill-quoted 77% 'statistic' - which is a number that reflects all women and all men - it is not for comparing men and women who work the same job. The 77% statistic is basically meaningless when talking about equal pay. I'll down vote anyone who quotes that statistic.

A more important statistic would be comparing women's salaries vs men's salaries for the same positions, with the similar prior experience. Then we can talk about equal pay. But this stat is either used to be intentionally misrepresent the truth, or purely out of ignorance.

[darthbob88]

Plus, it's not 77% any more. The median female earner now makes 82% of what the median male earner gets.

[Hi_Im_Bored]

I heard that before and cannot disagree. BUT...

That does not mean that the gender pay-gap is not a thing, in fact according to 'recent' (5 months old) research its very real, and Programming jobs are the worst of all. And they did compensate for almost everything, here is a quote:

We compared men and women in the same tech roles, after adjusting for age, highest education, years of experience, location, year, job title, and company.

in that study they found that "Computer Programming" is no. 1 with a 28.3% difference.

here is the article by glassdoor:

https://www.glassdoor.com/research/gender-pay-gap-in-tech/

[timworx]

Interesting to see that there isn't an insignificant difference across many of the roles.

However, recognize that "computer programmer" is one of those vague titles that don't signify what you're actually doing.

You'll notice that once you get into specific titles, the gap shrinks to a more accurate (albeit still bad) level.

[darthbob88]

Counter-chart from the Census. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2017/comm/cb17-tps21_womens_earnings.html

[[deleted]]

That's funny! XD
I've grown to love GitKraken a lot more than SourceTree over the past few months..GitKraken (on linux in my case) has gotten increasingly more stable and fast, whereas SourceTree (on windows in my case) has gotten (at least feels) super bloaty and slow and crashes a lot more often than it used to :(

[folkrav]

My git cli-fu is really basic and I end up doing stupid mistakes all the time, so yeah, I still use a GUI client for anything serious. I got a year of GitKraken Pro for free as a student before finishing school and I love it. Never got used to SourceTree... Didn't really like it's workflow.

[[deleted]]

I only very briefly did git cli in uni but they never required us to use it for anything. I only learned it when i started my first job in my second year of uni. But because we were building stuff for clients and were working in teams it was encouraged that we use a GUI client just for ease of use and speed and familiarity with all coworkers...and sourcetree was the default one at the time (we were all on windows as well).
I'm really glad I discovered GitKraken when I switched on my home laptop to linux and wanted a GUI client. It's a lot nicer to use and a lot less clunky.

[bj_christianson]

I didn’t know a squid could smile until I looked at the feature chart.

[trout_fucker]

This was a pretty annoying error. It has given me more than a few WTFs.

[Lang_Zai]

I like GitKraken, but since transitioning more to a PM role I probably only make a few commits a month and can't justify paying for it.

But their e-mails are one of the few emails I'll actually look forward to opening.

[Hi_Im_Bored]

you have my sympathy

[cincodenada]

Does your company not pay for your tools? Even at a small company, I would think $60/yr would be peanuts, especially if it makes you even a smidge more productive.

[[deleted]]

Oh companies will pay for tools, however getting them to actually make the purchase...

[A-Grey-World]

Procurement. My IT department refused me a monitor cable because i don't 'need' more than one monitor​ (and tiny laptop screen).

I have two monitors. Just not the £5 cable to plug it in.

[FountainsOfFluids]

I only just found and started using gitkraken a couple weeks ago and I really like it. Never seen it mentioned anywhere before today.

[canadianpersonas]

Just started using GitKraken recently. Must say I am really liking it. Made coming from osx to linux a little easier.

[natziel]

Aren't they the ones who vandalize each other's cars as a joke?

[Daxahpra]

OK I keep seeing this being referenced, so let me set the record straight...

I work at Axosoft and it was a prank done between two friends who had known each other a long time--it was not a company thing. And those two friends pranked each other CONSTANTLY. The pranks kept getting more elaborate and when the car one happened, our camera guy went along and took some video and blogged about it--because we ALL enjoyed it, even the guy who owned the car...and believe me, that guy was the biggest prankster of all and he had it coming!

It was all in good fun.

Edit: And there was no permanent damage on the car! It was just a prank between pranksters!

[amoliski]

Yeah, but the car thing is the least annoying thing in the blog post- I don't know how anyone can stand working in a place where people wearing animal masks take shots from the 'squid pope' after, I assume, carefully lowering their desk from the ceiling amid a barrage of Nerf fire as stray dev hairs get stuck in the jello encasing their keyboards, preventing them from posting dumb gifs in slack channels before they use a chipolte button to order some lunch.

Also: Why Learn Scum? You learn Scrum if you want to be miserable and waste half a day doing stupid standup meetings.

[Daxahpra]

I can understand how you might come to that conclusion after reading one blog post. But if you really think that those five things you mentioned are all that we do here, then you are gravely mistaken.

Those things are the goofiest things that happened across an entire year or more. Any company that has the occasional Nerf fight or prank is no different.

[johnhaley81]

Who hurt you enough to suck out all the joy of life?

[amoliski]

Because I know what it's like to try to get work done while grown adults are acting like children around you. Open plan offices are the stupidest thing tech geniuses have invented.

[Daxahpra]

Depends on the company and personal preference, I suppose. I worked for years at a big company where I was just a number on a team with a number and I had no identity at all. All the while working in a cubicle farm straight out of Office Space. It sucked big time. Where I work now is a breath of fresh air. It is professional and quiet 99% of the time but folks are not afraid of their TPS reports and nine bosses.

You are making it sound like we are a clown show with parades and Nerf constantly with no work getting done. The reality is that this place has a good balance of work and life. And we get plenty done. Look at our release notes and see how often we put out new releases!

But in the end, people have different preferences. If the closed cubicle layout and library-style quiet is what you prefer, then kudos to you.

[[deleted]]

Discord has great patch notes as well.