Author Archives: Steve

SourceTree 1.0 Released, including Mercurial support

It’s a big day for SourceTree for Windows: we’re releasing version 1.0 into the wild today. Every developer knows that hitting 1.0 is a seminal moment for every product, and we think we’ve got a cracking release for you to check out. The full release …

New installer / updater for SourceTree for Windows

We’ve just changed our installer and auto-update system for SourceTree for Windows – up until now we’ve been using ClickOnce, which although quick and simple has caused problems for some people, such as those behind corporate proxy servers. As our user …

SourceTree for Windows adds Git Flow support

Our Git Flow support in SourceTree for Mac turned out to be really popular, and it’s been one of the top feature requests from the community since we released SourceTree for Windows; so we’re very happy to announce that you can now use Git Flow in Windows as …

SourceTree for Mac 1.6 Beta

We’re pleased to announce that SourceTree for Mac 1.6 beta is now available to download! Download SourceTree 1.6 beta 1 We’ll be running the beta for a little while to collect feedback and we’d love to know what you think. Here’s an overview of some …

Introducing SourceTree for Windows – a free desktop client for Git

The SourceTree team is thrilled to announce the latest addition to our family Atlassian distributed version control system (DVCS) family – SourceTree for Windows. For some time now many Windows developers have been requesting a native counterpart to the SourceTree Mac …

Merge or Rebase?

As you’re no doubt aware, Git and Mercurial are great at re-integrating divergent lines of development through merging. They have to be, since their design strongly encourages developers to commit changes in parallel in their own distributed environments. Eventually …

Smart branching with SourceTree and Git-flow

Note: for brevity this article refers to Git and git-flow, but SourceTree supports exactly the same concepts in Mercurial via Hg Flow too. In early 2010, Vincent Driessen wrote an article called “A successful Git branching model” which recommended an approach …

SourceTree adds Retina Display Enhancements in Version 1.5.1

Apple wowed us all at WWDC this year with the introduction of a stunningly beautiful Retina display to the MacBook Pro — cranking up the resolution to an eye-watering 2880×1800 and making all text and vector graphics immediately twice as sharp as before. Unfortunately, …

SourceTree 1.5: Going with the Flow

Steve Streeting has made it his mission to reach out to SourceTree users and listen to what they have to say. In the last couple months, he’s even traveled to San Francisco from his hometown in the UK, hosting a drinkup to meet SourceTree customers face to face. He’s …

SourceTree 1.5 beta 1

Calling all eager beta testers! SourceTree’s next major release, version 1.5, is now available for you to try out in beta form. As ever we have a bunch of great new features for you, and we’d love to get your feedback. Probably the leading headline in this release …