Project Summary
Git Extensions is a toolkit to make working with Git on Windows more intuitive. The shell extension will intergrate in Windows Explorer and presents a context menu on files and directories. There is also a Visual Studio plugin to use git from Visual Studio.
Features
- Windows Explorer intergration for Git
- Visual Studio (2008/2010/2012/2013) plugin for Git
- Feature rich user interface for Git
- Single installer installs Git, GitExtensions and the mergetool KDiff3
- 32bit and 64bit support!
In a Nutshell, Git Extensions...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 90 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in November, 2008
ending with its most recent commit 7 days ago
Quick Reference
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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Project Security
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