Author Archives: Steve
Mac App Store: Sandboxing Update
A few months ago, I discussed how new sandboxing requirements have prompted us to move away from the Mac App Store for future releases. Since that blog post, a few things happened: The deadline was delayed to 1st June, giving everyone some extra time Apple made some changes …
Draft your commit messages in SourceTree 1.4
Another useful new feature introduced in SourceTree 1.4 is the ability to draft your commit messages as you work, potentially long before you hit the commit button. This feature lets you jot down any information you want to include in the commit message later, without having …
Bookmarks Window: Reloaded
SourceTree’s bookmarks window has always been one of its defining features. We focused on this feature for SourceTree 1.4 to give users a considerably enhanced view that offers key information and an improved experience. Let’s dive in and see what’s changed. …
Public beta of SourceTree 1.4 available now!
We’re approaching the release of the next major version of SourceTree, and as always we’d like to get a little feedback on the upcoming release from our pool of eager enthusiasts, before we flip the switch for everyone. You guys like new stuff, right? 🙂 SourceTree …
Between a rock and a hard place – our decision to abandon the Mac App Store
Update 22 Feb 2012: Apple have now extended the deadline to June 1st. Hopefully they’re realising the difficulties they’re creating for developers and will address some of the remaining concerns in this time. On March 1st, Apple will change the rules of the Mac …
Custom actions – more power to you
SourceTree 1.3’s new ‘Custom Actions’ feature lets you extend the range of actions you can perform from within the GUI, effectively adding your own commands. Maybe you have scripts that you’d like to call, or external tools that you’d like to …
JIRA integration & other external project links
SourceTree 1.3 makes it easy to navigate to JIRA issues which are associated with your commits – and in fact to other supporting information like Crucible reviews or any predictable pattern in a commit message that you can identify. Linking a repository to a JIRA project …
Using submodules and subrepositories
A headline feature of SourceTree 1.3 is the support for submodules (in Git) and subrepositories (in Mercurial). The terms may be different, but they refer to the same concept; that of nesting other repositories within the folder structure of your own repository. The most …
SourceTree 1.3 – Ready for Takeoff
We’re peeling back the covers on SourceTree 1.3 and we are announcing a fresh new logo, a redesigned website, and a new set of useful features to support your DVCS workflow. Plus, SourceTree is now FREE for all users, forever. What’s New in SourceTree 1.3? …
SourceTree 1.3 beta 3 released
Time for what I hope is the final beta before the full release of SourceTree 1.3! I’ve squeezed in a host of feature requests in time for the year-end feature freeze which I think you’re going to like! For the time-poor, here’s the highlights: support for …