Git in your IDE

Git in your IDE

To relax a bit, we are going to quiclky go over some frontends for git

Git in the IDE

Before leaving the CLI

If you're of those people that really like their CLI editors, lazygit if a cool little frontend for git that uses a TUI

Git in the IDE

Intellij IDEA Community

Today we are going to show IntelliJ IDEA Community edition. Be sure to have the git plugin installed and enabled.

Same concepts, but with different colored buttons most likely apply to any IDE/powerful editor (e.g. VS Code/Codium etc.)

Git in the IDE

The git menu

Most of the stuff lives in this menu and the buttons do what's expected

There is also Github integration for MR and issues

Git in the IDE

The commit flap

On the side, the commit flap allows us to stage and commit our changes

Git in the IDE

The Git tab

On the bottom, the git tab contains the commit log of our project

Git in the IDE

Quick shortcuts

On the top-right, some shortcuts like fetching, committing and pushing are available

Git in the IDE

Git settings

In the settings under Version Control > Git
project-local settings for configuring the IDE are available