Item: Sourcetree
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Sourcetree

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sourcetree is Git GUI which is very useful tool, user friendly and provides all the functionalities required for managing git repositories, it is also easily integrated with Bit bucket and other tools which are required in software development workflow, its user authentication using tokens is also a helpful feature to switch between multiple accounts and repositories.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Supports Git LFS and provides storage for large repos.
Team collaboration and rule-based restriction on repos
Easy to understand GUI elements

Cons

Refreshing of the interface after a commit or merge
All elements being consistent with the repo status
Select all button on Trach status on different branches

Return on Investment

Positive ROI
Helped with Robust delivery by developers.
Improved repository rules and merging ways that helped in streamlining the development process.

Usability

It is one of the best Git GUIs out there, I have worked with multiple GUIs and this provides more insights and features compared to others, the Tree view and History helps keeping track and reverting commits, With help of different UI elements it helps the new developers to learn git using standards as well.

Alternatives Considered

GitKraken, Code Compare and Assembla

Free to use, integrated with useful features like Mercurial, Git LFS, submodules etc, helps new user to learn best practices. With all these features along with tools implemented for authentication and securing repos it becomes the best candidate in front of the competition. If you are a bit bucket user, it is a must have for the easy integration.

Key Insights

Do you think Sourcetree delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Sourcetree's feature set?

Yes

Did Sourcetree live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Sourcetree go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Sourcetree again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Bitbucket, Atlassian Forge, Atlassian Access, Atlassian Confluence

Likelihood to Recommend

Sourcetree is an easy-to-use GIT GUI tool with multiple features like Mercurial, Git LFS, submodules etc. these help the developers for a robust delivery process and workflow, the UI elements are easy to understand and work with different accounts and we can change tokens to access different repos. The file history and merge history helps in keeping track reverting easy if required.

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