SourceTree Beta 1 is here
By Rahul Chhabria on April 15, 2016
SourceTree Beta 1 is here! Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve announced a beta program and given you a look behind the curtains. The wait is over. Today, those of you who’ve signed up to be a trusted tester will get access to SourceTree Beta 1. In our first beta we’ve addressed:
- Several bug fixes
- Updated icons to include color and increased contrast
- Force Push on Windows
- Improved reliability and localizations on OS X
- Commit Templates with markdown on OS X
- Crash reporting via Bugsplat and Fabric
Haven’t signed up to be a tester yet? There’s still time! Register today and get access to new features before they’re made generally available. Thanks for being part of the SourceTree team.
11 Comments
Any chances for linux version?
Not at the moment. Sorry.
That’s confusing; considering the feature request has been open for 3 years on your answers board, with thousands of votes and continued regular activity. You’re also ignoring at least 20% of developers per both Stack Overflow and Jet Brains surveys, for a reason that Atlassian still refuses to answer. Some justification would be appropriate at this point.
I’m more than happy to have a conversation about this. Here’s a link to my calendar: https://calendly.com/rchhabria/sourcetree. Thank you.
There’s no Linux version, it’s awful.
Apparently everyone at SourceTree is a Mac user because the latest Windows version looks like crap and is completely broken, and a Linux version is nowhere to be found. Really frustrated because SourceTree has been my favorite Windows Git GUI for the last 2 years. As much as I hate looking for alternatives, I’m considering switching to GitKraken, at least until SourceTree makes it back to a usable state. 🙁
Thanks for writing in. What’s completely broken on the Windows version for you?
Hi Rahul. I modified a text file and attempted to add those changes to the active repo in order to commit them. I would click “Include” checkbox, a loading bar would pop up for a quarter of a second, disappear, then the checkbox would uncheck itself. No error, no indication of what I did wrong or what failed.
Ah okay. Thank you. Are you a member of the beta program?
I am not. I don’t have time to deal with beta issues as I’m working on big production systems and need reliable source management software. I’ve reverted to the latest available sub-version of SourceTree 7.0 and am evaluating other options. So far, SourceTree 7.0 seems to be the most stable product available on the market. I’m very disappointed that a beta product was released as an automatic update to a stable product without making that fact obvious to the end-user and without offering a proper downgrade path. Extremely unprofessional, but I honestly do hope SourceTree returns to its former glory soon.
I’d like to clarify a a couple things. SourceTree 1.8 was a rocky release. We resolved a majority of the issues in several releases since then. After the rocky release we launched a new Beta program. Bugs like the ones you’re experiencing will be fixed and be released in SourceTree Beta prior to being made generally available. The latest version of SourceTree Beta is 1.9.2-beta-1. I encourage you to sign up and try it. It will run in parallel with your copy of 1.7.