If you're looking for a decent GUI, then I suggest SmartGIT. They have a free version and it's very nice. I use it all the time to handle all my repositories (I've got tons!).
Jamie Holly
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On 11/7/2011 11:00 AM, Metzler, David wrote:

You sound really frustrated Nancy.... sorry to hear that. 

 

I use EGit on my eclipse environment and find it pretty intuitive to check in changes, branch and tag.  It’s also really handy for easily switching between branches when you need to support multiple dev branches on the same core tree.

 

I’d be happy to help you get that set up, but unfortunately the problem with Gui’s is there are too many of them to develop sane documentation for it. I just don’t know or use msysgit, so I’m sorry I can’t help you there.

 

Dave

 


From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Ms. Nancy Wichmann
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 8:32 PM
To: support drupal
Subject: [support] Using Git

 

I have downloaded msysgit.

  1. It has a GUI built-in, so why does everyone list command line stuff? I was dragged, kicking and screaming, into the GUI world and really don't want to go back, especially when I have to type in really long file locations and arcane parameters.
  2. All I want to do is commit (CVS term) my changed code to D.O. I don't need a lot of other fancy stuff.
  3. How do I get my 6.x code into my D7 sites/all/modules, convert it, and save it back as a 7.x version?

Secondarily, I need to use it for patches to other modules.

 

Yes, I have been looking at the tutorials on D.O. Seriously, do you think an old blond like me understands all that with limited to no explanations on what I am doing?

 

Nancy

 

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.