GitHub Desktop Reviews

Social recommendations and mentions

• Sorry, I have NO idea what I’m doing.

  You don't need to open the cli, although it can oftentimes be even easier as git commands are simple and powerful. Https://desktop.github.com/. - Source: Reddit / 5 days ago

• Using Github to write my notes has helped me retain knowledge immensely.

  I use Github Desktop, which you can get here: https://desktop.github.com/. - Source: Reddit / 12 days ago

• How to downgrade Controlnet?

  Thx , I think what I missed is that u use https://desktop.github.com/. - Source: Reddit / 22 days ago

• Contribute to AWS Amplify

  Next, prepare the development environment. Fork the AWS Amplify CLI repository and install the development environment. Also, prepare Git and Node.js environment in advance. In this example, GitHub Desktop is used as the tool, but commands or other GUI tools can also be used. - Source: dev.to / 23 days ago

• Help I cant export my GitHub Repository for some reason.

  So this advice might come a little late, but GameMaker doesn't really play well with cloud storage like Google Drive/Drop Box/OneDrive/etc. If you were to try and work directly off of cloud storage instead of pulling a local copy to work on, you would risk corrupting the project - often irreversibly. If you must use one of those services for whatever reason, you should at least export the project as a single .YYZ... - Source: Reddit / 22 days ago

• shared project

  Setup some flavor of source control and share from there. Don't ever work directly off of cloud storage (OneDrive/DropBox/etc.) - always pull a copy of the project to local storage to work on. - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago

• Any place I can mint a checksum or any random text, that can later never be deleted?

  I guess my short answer to this is why not just use git first? It has a far better interface for day to day use and better data storage guarantees than Ethereum. https://desktop.github.com/. - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago

• I need urgent help, please.

  You don't need to learn to do with the command line, you can use a Git GUI tool, so you can do everything visually to preserve your code history: https://desktop.github.com/. - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago

• Git 101 - Kickstart Your Repo

  GitHub Desktop: If you plan to use GitHub, it has a flawless integration (free). - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Lost progress after updating (From version 2022.11.1.56, to 2023.1.0.58)

  Either way, setup some flavor of source control to help avoid something like this happening again. - Source: Reddit / about 2 months ago

• Unable to find "ShaderCompileWorker for My Mac target" in the Xcode title bar

  Install GitHub Desktop for Mac then fork and clone our repository. - Source: Reddit / about 2 months ago

• Thoughts on a website platform for blogging?

  If you're a bit techy, you can just make your blog as a folder full of markdown files that you upload to GitHub using their desktop app, and have it be a GitHub pages (Jekyll) website with a custom domain. - Source: Reddit / about 2 months ago

• How to connect a gamemaker project to github?

  Don't bother with the built in Git integration. Just use GitHub Desktop instead. Create a repo with that GUI and then save the GameMaker project in the folder that it creates. If you create a free GitHub account, then you can push commits to the cloud. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago

• Do I need Git or Git Hub as a freelancer who works alone?

  GitHub also has a great little free program called Github Desktop that is specifically designed to make using git as easy to learn and use as possible, so I highly recommend checking it out. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago

• Is it possible to collab on a project

  Setup a Github repo for the project and you can add collaborators. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago

• How to create games in group?

  Use source control (Git), GitHub with GitHub Desktop. GitHub Desktop is a GUI interface for working with Git. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago

• PLayer sprite changes size (Becomes much smaller) when moving.

  At this point, you'd probably have to post the entire project folder as a public GitHub repo for anyone to be able to diagnose this any further from the the other end of the Internet. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago

• GameMaker Project Version Control?

  A lot of us just use GitHub Desktop without dealing with GameMaker's built in SCM. - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago

• #gitPanic - Tools

  There are two GUIs that are considered part of git - gitk and git gui. They're older, still fairly command line based, and will require installing them with a package manager and/or updating your terminal profile. GitHub has GitHub desktop, which will show you commits and diffs like on GitHub. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago

• A Comprehensive Course on GitHub

  I recommend installing Git by installing the GitHub desktop app. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• I wrote my first proper Python program!

  Instead of TortoiseGit, you might want to try Github Desktop if you want something slightly more modern. But if you want to stick with TortoiseGit, it's fine :). - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago