r/git is a subreddit with 118k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses git, looking, tool, annoying, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review git gui.
Popular Themes in r/git
#1
Solution Requests
: "Windows: Open Git Bash in Windows Terminal by default"
6 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Best resources to master Git workflows and commands?"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Google AI Studio forces creating a NEW repo instead of syncing/pushing to existing imported repository"
3 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "GitTree - I’ve been building an open-source desktop Git client"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Would you use a Git GUI that actually teaches you what Git is doing?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/git
#1
Git
: "How to remove a file from Git history?"
47 posts
#2
Looking
39 posts
#3
Tool
39 posts
#4
Annoying
9 posts
#5
Struggling
8 posts
#6
Github
4 posts
#7
Commit
3 posts
#8
File
: "How to remove a File from git history?"
2 posts
#9
Mac
: "Fix: Git constantly prompting to install / Xcode errors on MacOS Tahoe"
2 posts
#10
Free
1 post
Products Discussed in r/git
Git Gui
110 reviews
#1
Fork
4.5★ from 13 reviews
#2
Magit
5.0★ from 11 reviews
#3
Git Extensions
4.4★ from 9 reviews
Flair Used in r/git
#1
support
: "How do you get past "git works until it doesn't " ?"
11 posts
#2
github only
: "How do I make my first contribution to Open Source?"
4 posts
#3
tutorial
: "git: 'clay' is not a git command"
3 posts
#4
survey
: "what specific failure patterns are you seeing in LLM-written code that you didn't see in human-written code?"
1 post
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Yearly
+27k members(28.9%)
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Last updated: August 25, 2026