Is there a lightweight git client for windows?

Question

Is there a lightweight git client for windows?

I installed TortoiseGit, which has a dependency on msysgit. Installing msysgit is ~ 1.6 GB, which ultimately makes me think. I thought only Oracle could inflate such software :)

Thanks!

Answer 1

The latest Git for Windows 1.7.10.x takes up 208M on my hard drive. The problem you are observing is that the software you use to check the installed size does not follow NTFS hard links. For example, if you look at the libexec subdirectory using the recent version of FAR in the "File Links" mode ( Ctrl-9 ), most binary files have 107 links, since they all refer to the same executable file.

Another problem is that it is Windows, and some Git bits are implemented as Unix or Perl shell scripts, and two standard GUI interfaces ( git gui and gitk ) are implemented in Tcl / Tk; on a typical GNU / Linux system (or * BSD or whatever) you must install these dependent runtimes on a system scale, but Git for Windows is doomed to carry them with you because there is no reliable packaging system it could rely on.

There are attempts to make clear room redefinitions, such as libgit2 , which, presumably, can be used to implement a lightweight Git client, but all these attempts are seriously lacking in functions compared to full-blown Git and will probably continue to do this because it develops itself Git.

In short: I would just relax and continue working with Git for Windows .; -)

Answer 2

Check out GitExtensions :

http://code.google.com/p/gitextensions/

Answer 3

Try the GitHub client for Windows . Despite the fact that it does have some github specific features, you do not need repositions on github.

If you don’t like the metro style, you won’t like it.

Answer 4

How do you get 1.6 GB for msysgit?

My C:/Program Files/Git directory containing msysgit is 'only' 222MB.

If you want to save space: drop Tortoise, use the git console, which ( not only in my opinion ) is the right way to unleash the full power of Git.