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TortoiseGit is an open-source Windows-based application that allows the Git distributed revision control system to be used directly from Windows Explorer (using context menus).

TortoiseGit is a Windows-based application that allows the distributed revision control system to be used directly from Windows Explorer.

It is free software released under the GPL.

The current version is 2.16 released on 2024-04-30.

Features

  • Explorer integration
  • (Configurable) Context menu
  • Overlay icons in explorer
  • Integration in properties
  • Common tasks
  • Cloning
  • Commit
  • Push
  • Sync
  • Log
  • Compare
  • Repository Browser
  • Revision Graph
  • Merge
  • Conflict handling
  • Rebase / Cherry-pick
  • VS Style Blame
  • Handle patches
  • Handle submodules
  • TortoiseGitMerge: Diffing/Merging files/patches
  • Browse Reference
  • Bisect
  • Daemon
  • Support spell check and autocompletion for filenames and contents
  • Send Patch by email
  • Share Bug Tracking Plug-ins with TortoiseSVN
  • SVN backend support
  • Worktrees

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