Tuning rebase performance on Windows

One of our Windows users has reported that rebasing a large feature branch takes significantly longer with recent SmartGit versions.

SmartGit comes with its own Git bundled which we are usually updating for every major SmartGit release. As it turns out, since Git version 2.26, the rebase backend has been switched from “apply” to “merge” which is in general superior, but which seems to run slower on Windows, at least for specific scenarios (we couldn’t identify any significant slowdown on Linux).

To improve rebase performance to pre-Git 2.26, you can switch back to the old “apply” backend. To better understand whether this is a viable solution for you, first make sure that the subtle differences between both backends will be acceptable. If so, you may configure per-repository:

$ git config rebase.backend apply

or globally:

$ git config --global rebase.backend apply

SmartGit 21.1 released!

We are delighted to announce the official release of SmartGit 21.1. First, we want to thank all users who have tested the preview versions and provided valuable feedback. Without you, the progress would not have been possible!

We have taken the SmartGit user feedback seriously and implemented some of the most requested features. SmartGit 21.1 comes with

  • rewritten Changes view with image compare, optional unified diff, full syntax coloring (even with compact display),
  • improved conflict solving (visual selection of ours/theirs),
  • Azure DevOps integration,
  • avatars used in graph – even if the gravatars.com access is deselected,
  • the JIRA integration can set issues in-progress,
  • cherrying-pick files (or parts of stashes),
  • partial clone support,
  • easier split commits,
  • “Commit debugger” (step from commit to commit),
  • and improved a lot of other existing features.

Check out What’s New for a more detailed list of improvements in version 21.1.

SmartGit is a graphical front-end for the distributed version control systems Git which also can be used to work with Subversion repositories. SmartGit runs on 64-bit systems of Windows 7-10, macOS 10.13-11 and Linux (GTK 3.20+).

SmartGit can be used free of charge for by OpenSource developers, students, teachers or certain welfare institutions. For commercial use or if support is needed, you can purchase commercial licenses starting with 59 USD/year net (55 EUR/year net).

Download SmartGit 21.1

Note: if you already have an existing installation of SmartGit and your license covers updates until 2021-07-12 or later, you will be upgraded automatically during the next couple of days.

SmartSVN 14.1 released!

We are delighted to announce the official release of SmartSVN 14.1. First, we want to thank all users who have tested the preview versions and provided valuable feedback. Without you, the progress would not have been possible!

SmartSVN 14.1 comes with

  • rewritten Changes view with image compare, syntax coloring even in compact mode, find feature,
  • a tool to fix line endings,
  • less strict commands with respect to the file states of the selection,
  • improved support for macOS 11 (Big Sur),
  • and other improved features.

Check out What’s New for a more detailed list of improvements in version 14.1.

SmartSVN is a graphical front-end for the version control systems Subversion. SmartSVN runs on 64-bit systems of Windows 7 – 10, macOS 10.13 – 11 and Linux (GTK3 version 3.20 or higher).

SmartSVN is available as free Foundation edition and as full-featured Professional edition (comparison). The licenses for the Professional edition include up to 3 years of e-mail support and up to lifetime free updates.

Download SmartSVN 14.1