如何查看更改列表以从上游/源获取，或更改推到上游/源

Question

I'm trying to get a feel for how to do certain things in TortoiseGit that are pretty intuitive in TortoiseHG.

TortoiseHG has the Workbench which basically is my central tool to sync the local repository with remote ones: upstreams and origin.

It is easy to see what changes I'm missing locally (so I need to fetch them) or remotely (so I need to push them).

What is similar functionality in TortoiseGit?

• How can I see a list of changes from a remote origin or upstream that I want to fetch locally?
• How can I see a list of changes locally that want to push to the origin or upstream?

Maybe TortoiseGit does not have those; if not: please suggest tools that do.

Answer 1

My answer doesn't directly apply to TortoiseGit, but im sure you will find the equivalent features easily.

Git is a distributed version control system. In order to see the remotes changes, you need to fetch them first:

git fetch

Then you can use git diff to view the differences between your current branch, or even your current (dirty) working directory.

Alternatively you may use git merge --dry-run to see what has to be merged.

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To see the things you have changed but not commited (uncommited changes) just type git status .

Answer 2

SourceTree can do this: without the need to fetching, it shows I'm 1 change behind on the upstream remote.

After pulling it, it shows the origin remote is 2 changes behind on master.