Questions tagged [gitkraken]

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

Useful Links

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How to ignore files via GUI in Gitkraken?

I come from SourceTree to board the GitKraken hype train. It has always been pretty easy to ignore files within ST. Just right-click on a file in the unstaged container and you've all the options. You can ignore the files directly, each file beneath…
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Commit message with --no-verify with git kraken

I want to ignore git hook in some scenario i have. How can i commit using gitKraken while specifying --no-verify flag. Thanks.
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GitKraken is not showing repo I am a contributer to

I am using GitKraken to manage my repositories from github, and I am able to see and clone repositories I am the owner of no problem. However, I set up a repository with my school's github account, added many students, and am able to manage it no…
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Configuring GitKraken to push/fetch w/ Github

I am trying to configure GitKraken with a particular repo I have on Github. As far as I can tell, once I give it my local project folder with the repo, it can see the remote. However, trying to push or pull gives me an error Push/Fetch failed. …
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Gitkraken doesn't show branches and commits

When I try to open a repository in a xampp server with Gitkraken I can't view branches or commits, just the message "Displaying 2000 commits. Adjust this setting in Preferences". I tried to reinstall Gitkraken, reopen the repository and reboot…
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Remove last commit and push

Learning GIT in general and GitKraken at the same time. I have done small change in in one file - aa.cpp , have commit and push to remote repository with the help of GitKraken. Suddenly I found that I have pushed all files that was in project…
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Rename a repo in GitKraken?

I have been unable to find how to rename a local repo in GitKraken, or if this feature is unavailable. I believe the option was available if you use the Init feature to generate the local and remote repos, but I'm wanting to update the repo name…
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GitKraken : fetching pull requests failed

I've just installed a free version of GitKraken and logged myself on github. The software is working but when I pull a branch, I've always a red warning popup telling me "fetching pull requests failed" Have you ever experienced that? Did I miss…
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How to use multiple remotes with GitKraken

I'm using GitKraken quite frequently, but I cannot manage how to set to which remote I want to push. In the context menu I cannot find any entry like "use this remote for push/pull". I have to set it via the command line, then it works as expected.…
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Reverting one file in GitKraken

It is possible in GitKraken to revert changes of a single file to an earlier commit instead of reverting an entire commit?
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How do I open GitKraken after installation on Windows 10?

It seems that this is a real issue. In How to Install GitKraken, they point to a %APPDATA%/.gitkraken folder. Once there, you have "profiles" and "service" folders and "config", "log" and "secFile" files. Inside those folders, there are no signs of…
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GitKraken won't push to new remote ("Select remote branch to push/pull with 'master': ")

So I've create a new repo on remote, and managed to connect it (I belief) to client (Git Kraken). Now it want a branch name from me for a repo that doesn't have any. Note that its also ...push/pull with "master":, that is master with a colon. Pretty…
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Filtering history in GitKraken by file names

I use GitKraken and would like to search/filter the repo history to locate commits involving certain files or (sub)paths. I do can use CTRL+P and type the name in fuzzy finder and then get the file history but that brings me with only one…
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GitKraken And Github - failed to get server certificate: The handle is in the wrong state for the requested operation

I am getting this error message from GitKraken whenever I try to clone/fetch/push/push to any of my Github repositories: failed to get server certificate: The handle is in the wrong state for the requested operation I have no idea why this is…
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How to push/pull with Gitkrakent to/from Heroku?

When I try to push/pull with Gitkrakent to/from Heroku, GitKraken tells me : "Please log in to continue" What is the requested "user/login" ? (The one from my personal Heroku account doesn't work"). Thanks a lot !
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