r/git is a subreddit with 118k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses git, looking, tool, github, and annoying, and they frequently recommend/review git gui.
Popular Themes in r/git
#1
Self-Promotion
: "I missed PyCharm’s Git workflow in VS Code, so I built IntelliGit , looking for blunt feedback"
11 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Self-host Git or use GitHub/GitLab?"
9 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Windows: Open Git Bash in Windows Terminal by default"
8 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "GitHub was down 2.5 hours yesterday and self-hosted runners went down with it. Is centralized orchestration the actual problem?"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Thoughts on creating branches and issues for yourself when working solo on side projects?"
2 posts
#6
Opportunities
: "How to improve our deployment process?"
2 posts
#7
Money Talk
: "Best Online Casino Australia | I Tried Every Top-Rated Platform AMA"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/git
#1
Git
: "Beginner keeps finding more uses for Git"
58 posts
#2
Looking
39 posts
#3
Tool
37 posts
#4
Github
: "need advice rewriting history + migrating bitbucket repo to Github"
11 posts
#5
Annoying
9 posts
#6
Struggling
8 posts
#7
Commit
3 posts
#8
Git History
: "The Git History command deserves more attention"
2 posts
#9
Git Commands
2 posts
#10
Git Rebase
: "Git Rebase -i is not that scary"
2 posts
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
: "git rebase vs git merge"
16 posts
#2
tutorial
: "Submodules vs subtrees vs monorepos"
7 posts
#3
github only
: "difi 0.2.8 | Go BubbleTea Git diff Viewer"
5 posts
#4
survey
: "git-overview: quickly check the status of all your git repositories"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/git
Yearly
+27k members(29.3%)
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Last updated: August 11, 2026