Sublime Merge
Dev tools
git client
SHOW HN2018
935points
351comments
#6of 2,155 in 2018
Top 1%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
64 positive, 80 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 46 critical, out of 199 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Design: 15 for, 17 againstPricing: 11 for, 8 againstExecution: 4 for, 12 againstIdea: 10 for, 2 againstPerformance: 7 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast and responsive, faster than GitKraken and other Git clients
From 3 comments
Wow, Sublime Merge is so much smoother than GitKraken, great job! I love that it takes everything we know and like about ST and applies it to Git. It even seamlessly finds my…
indentit on HNVery nice. Fast and responsive, unlike most of the Git clients I know. And the new preferences UI is pretty cool. A couple questions: * Can I add custom themes from my Sublime…
saagarjha on HNSublime Merge is a Git client, and I'd list the main advantages over the alternatives as performance, and UI polish in general. For example, when you stage a file in Sublime…
jskinner on HN
Feels consistent with Sublime Text and reuses its packages and syntax highlighting
From 2 comments
Wow, Sublime Merge is so much smoother than GitKraken, great job! I love that it takes everything we know and like about ST and applies it to Git. It even seamlessly finds my…
indentit on HNHi HN - Jon Skinner here, I made Sublime Text and Sublime Merge, alongside the rest of the Sublime HQ programming team - Will, Dylan and Benjamin. Let me know if you have any…
jskinner on HN
Clean UI and good file history access
From 2 comments
My first impression is extremely positive. Many actions, particularly the kinds of actions that a UI can really help with, are unnecessarily hard in other UIs I've used. Eg most…
skrebbel on HNLooks great! I was using Fork before, but prefer the clean UI of Sublime Merge so far. Here's how to create a shortcut to the smerge command (Mac), which I didn't see documented…
modernerd on HN
Objections
Price of $99 is too high for a Git client
From 2 comments
99$ for a git client. Nice joke.
sjapkee on HN$99 for this? When there's git cli, magit, fugitive (which you should be using if you're really really in need of a GUI (and which is also better than whatever the demo is…
isatty2 on HN
No dark theme in the evaluation version
From 2 comments
No dark theme in the tryout version, that's evil. I love Sublime Text and I believe that Sublime Merge will surely do an exceptional job, but I love my eyes even more, so I'll…
Aldo_MX on HN> "The evaluation version is fully functional, but is restricted to the light theme only." They really know their target audience.
jgresty on HN
Missing interactive rebase, submodule UI and plugin support
From 3 comments
Sublime Merge understands submodules, but we don't expose a UI for managing them yet. This is right near the top of our priority list though.
jskinner on HNOh yes! We do have some basics in there right now, you can directly edit commit messages and squash commits without any fuss. Full interactive rebase support will be coming later.
jskinner on HNCustom themes are supported (although not in the evaluation version), however Sublime Text themes will need to be adapted to work in Sublime Merge: there's quite a bit more to…
jskinner on HN
Hard to read commit list and low contrast on some setups
From 2 comments
I was hopeful but for my simple uses, it doesn't work. I use gitg in a on Ubuntu VM, also known as "GitX" on Mac. The basic UI of gitg is much easier to read and browse, the…
AltruisticGap on HNFeedback: - I would be nice to be able to remove the name inside the commit log. It's only me on this project and literally 50% of the lines (ever other) is my name. - I would…
wingerlang on HN
Requests
Interactive rebase and submodule management
From 2 comments
Sublime Merge understands submodules, but we don't expose a UI for managing them yet. This is right near the top of our priority list though.
jskinner on HNInteractive rebase is absolutely coming (you can already edit commit messages and squash commits). UI support for Git Flow is going to depend on user feedback. I expect we will…
jskinner on HN
Plugin API and Git Flow support
From 2 comments
Interactive rebase is absolutely coming (you can already edit commit messages and squash commits). UI support for Git Flow is going to depend on user feedback. I expect we will…
jskinner on HNCustom themes are supported (although not in the evaluation version), however Sublime Text themes will need to be adapted to work in Sublime Merge: there's quite a bit more to…
jskinner on HN
Tabs for multiple repositories
From 2 comments
I would definitely love to have tabs for multiple repositories. Source tree on windows has this which is great for managing lots of different projects, but infuriatingly on osx…
vicarrion on HNVery nice. Fast and responsive, unlike most of the Git clients I know. And the new preferences UI is pretty cool. A couple questions: * Can I add custom themes from my Sublime…
saagarjha on HN
Better HiDPI scaling on Linux
From 2 comments
Doesn't scale on HiDPI on Linux. Increasing font size only makes a part of the app readable and there is no zoom in/zoom out functionality that I could find. :(
owaislone on HNWe pick up the default GTK dpi settings, and if that's not suitable, you can use the dpi_scale setting to set it specifically (you'll have to restart Sublime Merge after changing…
jskinner on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Fork, GitKraken or other Git clients?
From 2 comments
How does it compare to Fork? My currently favorite Git client.
KaoruAoiShiho on HNHow does it compare against GitKraken?
_hao on HN
Can you amend the last commit?
From 2 comments
Is it possible to amend the last commit in Sublime Merge?
ngrilly on HNAlas, one of our key principles is to not hide or rename anything in Git, so your knowledge from using Git on the command line transfers to and from Sublime Merge.
jskinner on HN
Can custom themes and color schemes be used?
From 2 comments
Very nice. Fast and responsive, unlike most of the Git clients I know. And the new preferences UI is pretty cool. A couple questions: * Can I add custom themes from my Sublime…
saagarjha on HNCustom themes are supported (although not in the evaluation version), however Sublime Text themes will need to be adapted to work in Sublime Merge: there's quite a bit more to…
jskinner on HN
Alternatives named
GitKraken
From 2 comments
Wow, Sublime Merge is so much smoother than GitKraken, great job! I love that it takes everything we know and like about ST and applies it to Git. It even seamlessly finds my…
indentit on HNHow does it compare against GitKraken?
_hao on HN
Fork
From 2 comments
How does it compare to Fork? My currently favorite Git client.
KaoruAoiShiho on HNLooks great! I was using Fork before, but prefer the clean UI of Sublime Merge so far. Here's how to create a shortcut to the smerge command (Mac), which I didn't see documented…
modernerd on HN
GitSavvy
From 1 comment
I will try it out immediately, but I am surprised GitSavvy[1] was not even mentioned in this thread. It's by far my everyday package, and it fits very nicely. It's the only thing…
mescalito on HN
SourceTree
From 2 comments
I use SourceTree almost solely for its "Split View Staging" feature, where a line or hunk can be moved between the two states and the entire bit you're about to commit can be…
pkamb on HNI was hopeful but for my simple uses, it doesn't work. I use gitg in a on Ubuntu VM, also known as "GitX" on Mac. The basic UI of gitg is much easier to read and browse, the…
AltruisticGap on HN
GitUp
From 1 comment
For me the one and only GUI for Git, is GitUp: https://gitup.co.
adamlett on HN