Learn How to Use Git Extensions

Explore the graphical commit log and related UI elements in Git Extensions, including the context menu, branch and tag operations, quick search, filters, and diff navigation.

Create, checkout, and delete branches with Git Extensions to isolate work on feature and development branches. Merge changes and coordinate releases via release branches and master.

Learn how to merge and rebase branches in Git extensions to integrate changes into development, choosing fast-forward or merge commits, while managing history and conflicts.

Create lightweight or annotated tags for specific revisions to prepare releases, including version notes and author details; tags are fixed at creation and can be deleted locally or from origin.

Learn how to push and pull changes across local and remote repositories, manage branches like master and development, push tags, fetch and merge or rebase, and prune remote branches.

Learn how to use the .gitignore file in Git Extensions to ignore sensitive local database configuration files, using patterns and wildcards, and ensure ignored files don't appear in commits.

Perform git extensions maintenance by compressing the database to optimize performance, recover lost objects, and merge or cherry-pick changes from branches.

Explore git extensions plugins and configure settings, including the find large files tool to identify items above a threshold. Generate release notes from commits and tags.