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GitKraken is a freemium, fully-featured, cross-platform Git desktop client for Windows, Mac & Linux.

GitKraken is a freemium, fully-featured, cross-platform Git desktop client for Windows, Mac & Linux.

GitKraken's main features include:

Visual interactions and hints

  • GitKraken makes commands and processes easy, fast, and intuitive. The interface equips you with a visual understanding of branching, merging and your commit history.

Cross-platform

  • GitKraken is built on , allowing it to run natively on Windows, Mac, and Linux desktop systems.

100% standalone

  • GitKraken works directly with your repositories with no dependencies. It is built with so you don't even need to install Git on your system.

Integrations

  • Full integration with:, (include self-hosted), and
  • Allows seeing branches owners with profile icons, managing remote branches and even management of pull requests all from a local UI, without needing to use the browser.

Other features:

  • Built-in merge tool
  • , and support
  • One-click undo & redo
  • File history and blame
  • Fast, intuitive search
  • View image diffs in app
  • Keyboard shortcuts

its latest release (7.2.0 from Tuesday August 4th, 2020) can be found directly here

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GitKraken - How to exit fullscreen mode?

I've entered fullscreen mode and now it seems impossible to exit it via the GUI. How can I leave fullscreen mode again once entered?
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Push fails in GitKraken with errormessage "Push Failed cannot read property 'fullName' of undefined"

I was trying to push and create a pull-request from my local feature-branch, as usual, being in my feature-branch and right-clicking on the remote origin/develop -branch (I'm using Git Flow), and this error message popped out: Can't find anything…
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How to view the git history of a specific file using GitKraken similar to PhpStorm/WebStorm

I DON'T care about looking at the git history of a file that has been marked as "modified". What I want is something akin to what WebStorm/PhpStorm have where you can select any file in your project (modified or NOT) and inspect it's git history…
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Gitkraken stuck at opening repo

Every time I open gitkrarken it gets stuck at opening repo icon. I can't open/clone/init repo. I heard some others have the same problem but no one seems to know why this is happening and what the solution is. Can anyone help with this? UPDATE…
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gitkraken - How to compare 2 branches

Is there any way to compare 2 branches (branch1 and branch2) with gitkraken? I want a list of files that have changes
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Invalid SSH keys on GitKraken

I've found GitKraken and it looks cool and I never have an issue with index.lock unlike SourceTree. The only problem is I am unable to push and pull to my server in the other room. I have configured my ssh keys and that. I can push/pull to…
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How can I sign out of the GitKraken client?

I'm using a public computer and I can't figure out how I can sign out my account in the desktop client for Ubuntu. I can't find a logout button. My GitKraken account is connected to GitHub, and I need a way to sign out.
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GitKraken is very slow since macOS Big Sur update

Since I upgraded to Big Sur, everything seems really slow on Gitkraken (checkout, pull/push, commits...) I tried reinstalling it but it didn't change.
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Toggling branch tree view in GitKraken

Can't believe I can not figure this one out - I have two installations of gitkraken on two different machines, but the main workflow window looks different between them. One installation shows up a simplified structure of commits for all the…
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Add Github remote to GitKraken

I'm using GitKraken (v. 1.4.1) as my Git managing tool. And now I want to use Github as a remote to back up my repos. But when I click on add remote and try to add a Github repo, it just says 'no match' Does anybody know why this happens? (BTW: I'm…
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GitKraken won't let me clone from a private repo on GitHub

I've tried cloning a private repo (that I have access to) on GitHub and get this message: Clone Failed Could not connect to 'origin'. Double-check your remote url, then make sure you have access to do that action on that remote and try again. I…
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GitKraken won't let me open my Private Repository on GitLab

So, in addition to GitKraken won't let me clone from a private repo on GitHub I get this screen when opening my GitLab Repo: Anyone got a solution of how to make my Repo 'non-private' or how to make GitKraken let me open this without the Pro…
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Remove repository from GitKraken overview

I accidentally cloned the same repository twice in GitKraken (don't ask me how, I am still learning in Git), and now it shows up twice in the repo overview. It both point to the same folder, so I cannot just delete the repo, as I would have lost the…
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How to checkout commit in GitKraken?

It seems to be impossible to checkout commits with GitKraken. As you can see there is no option to checkout older commits, only Cherrypick commit but I don't know what this is good for. EDIT: I was able to checkout with another git program (git…
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Gitkraken Desktop App - Error login: "Please log in to continue"

Who has been working with client GitKraken as GIT, you will know that authentication required? For the application, log in with: firstemail@outlook.com The repository is with: businessemail@bussiness.com It requires credentials to make a pull, but I…
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