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Tower was one of the main reasons I purchased my first Mac. At the time the tool was not available for Windows (is now though!) and I knew it was a tool I wanted to add to my process.

Here's my list of favorite features of Tower:

- Visually able to review each change BEFORE committing it. This has helped me to catch silly errors like extra spaces or testing code before creating the commit.

- Ability to dismiss certain blocks of changes without having to revert the whole commit

- Constant improvements and features. I have to admit I was not a huge fan of having to switch to a subscription model but the quality of the software and features is well worth the price in my opinon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I only have nitpick dislikes to be honest. Tower does a good job of getting out of the way and allowing you to quickly speed through tasks with intuitive menus and keyboard shortcuts. But if I must name a few:

- From the UI when you're on a single repo, some of the icons at the top are forced to be at the right-hand side whereas most of the interactions with branches and tags are on the left. So it makes mouse navigation a bit far on larger screens. Would be nice to be able to move those icons over to the left or closer to the middle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Tower throughout my workday, and often for personal use as well, and I've found it to be far and away the best git client for macOS. It has the most Mac-like UI of any of the git GUIs I've tried, and it has the stability and feature set I need.

In a time when many Mac apps are sacrificing feature-rich Mac-like UIs to gain cross-platform compatibility, Tower manages to bring both without compromises. It feels right at home with other powerful Mac apps, and doesn't have a reduced feature set or overly minimalist UI -- all the features are there, and in the right places.

When it comes to features, switching branches, merging, rebasing, resolving conflicts, pushing and pulling, saving and applying stashes, and comparing branches are all made very easy compared to remembering the myriad git command line tool arguments. While some may relish remembering all those incantations, I work faster, more comfortably, and more confidently with Tower. And though you can easily do a command-line diff with git, the fact that Tower shows you the diffs while you stage files for commit gives me an extra opportunity to catch anything I might have missed, reducing mistakes.

In all, I appreciate the attention to detail that makes Tower a great Mac app and how it helps me get my work done with minimal fuss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- I can never remember which toolbar icon is Save Stash and which is Apply Stash, and recent macOS design changes makes using "Show Icon and Text" in toolbars unappealing to use.

- Integrating with GitHub and GitLab Issues would be a very welcome addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Git tower provides UI for version controlling the code. Merge conflicts can be easily solved via a virtual wizard. Repositories can be cloned in a single click and operations like cherry-picking can be easily done with its help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing I dislike about GitTower is its pricing as I believe its pricing is on a bit higher side. Also, one improvement I can suggest is that there can be a filter basically with the help of which one can go directly to dates to see the commit history of that date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a web developer, I've been using Tower for 4 years to manage all of my GIT repositories. Being a native Mac app, it's fast and has a familiar UI - making it easy to do everything I need: committing, managing branches, merging, rebasing, stashing and working with remotes. Even though I'm a confident CLI user, I still find myself using Tower for even the simplest of tasks. The software is well supported with regular updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This might be asking a lot - but I wish there was a built-in tool for viewing (&possibly resolving) merge conflicts. It would also be nice to be able to jump to a specific date / month when browsing commit history. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have been using Git Tower for years and it is hands down the best Git client on the market. We use it on our development team and it is worth WAY more than we pay for it. Git Tower lets me focus on the task of development instead of remembering git commands or using tools that are difficult to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, there is nothing that I dislike with Git Tower. My only complaints are with a few minor features of git itself, but there is nothing I dislike about Git Tower. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tower provides a comprehensive, simple interface to perform basic and advanced Git commands. Managing repositories are easy with the many Git service integrations such as Bitbucket and GitHub. The GitHub integration is great since you can manage PRs through the UI. The integration simplifies code reviews if you want to do everything through Tower. The project branches and commits are easy to see. There is also a helpful search feature that provides the ability to search via keywords, author, commit hash, etc. The company also routinely updates the product to keep up with Git features. They also implement advanced Git features, making it more accessible than using the Git command line. There is an auto fetch feature which is helpful to ensure that your work is up to date. By ensuring that you are aware of the latest changes, this may reduce conflicts and improve collaboration among peers. Another convenient aspect of Tower is the many keyboard shortcuts for Git commands. After memorizing a bunch of commands, using Git will become much faster reducing button clicks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Discovering new or advanced features of the Tower Git client is not easy. There is no product onboarding or walkthrough through the application. At most, there is a changelog that displays new features when the application has a new update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tower makes it easy to check in the code you work on daily while enabling you to focus less on how git works and more on doing things. You don't need to be a total master at git, which mostly is not required anyways for day-to-day work. I love that you can easily stage single chunks/lines, stash work in progress code and manage your commits easily. It certainly improves my daily work with git to the point where I rarely use the command line - probably if I would learn the inside out of Tower, I may not even need to use the command line at all anymore. I've once stumbled across their knowledge base, which I probably will read through more in-depth soon - the fact that such a knowledge base exists is another big plus. The UI is beautiful and follows apple's human interface guidelines, making it easy to navigate other than the points mentioned below. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Switching between repositories feels a bit counterintuitive, but I cannot quite nail down what would be necessary to make it a better experience - may be that the back and forward buttons are not what I'd expect at first. Tend to forget it always. Perhaps it's also because the navbar, in general, only consists of icons which sometimes are required to hover on understand what actions they trigger.

Not much of a dislike but rather a feature request to improve navigation: tools commonly nowadays have some command palette, usually triggered by CMD+K - such tool could allow to search, jump to branches, switch views (going to working copy or other places, commit or any other shortcut that you may not want to learn via keyboard shortcuts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to manage the repositories, branches, etc. I can create a branch, commit code, revert commits, undo deleting branches, etc. I don't have to remember the complex git commands like reflog. I can also manage multiple repos under my organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not easy to manage merge conflicts. It is hard to manage PR standards, like having a standard for commit messages and PR templates. The UI design is also not sleek (maybe my personal opinion). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's the clearest git UI interface I have been able to find for Mac, and it's very reliable with no surprises and seldom any bugs. My co-workers who still insist on a terminal or other apps tend to complain about switching branches or having to do various git commands. For me, it's no problem to jump around all the time because Tower does all the heavy lifting. I hope some day they come to their senses... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Minor issue: I have trouble distinguishing the store/apply stash buttons from each other, and I don't like to have text labels on toolbar buttons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.