Can Github Desktop show a tree for the changes view?

Question

Is there a way to show the list of file changes in Github Desktop as a tree instead of a flat file list?

Mag

For those who are looking, SourceTree has this feature. – Kellar

SourceTree is awesome, but also very buggy. Tower also has a tree view. – Cascio

If you are on windows, tortoiseGit has the feature – Ethanol

Answer 1

It seems that that feature was present in v1 of Git for Desktop and it was removed in v2 of the app. There are posts asking for this in 2018 and we still don't have that functionality in 2020.

Source: https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/5468

Cowles

That issue is marked as a duplicate of this one github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/1634 – Clan

As of 2023 we still don't have this feature... unbelievable – Inapposite

Well, it's a paid feature in the GitHub web console. This is why they are not going to port it to the GitHub for Desktop client, I suppose. – Cowles

github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/18776 someone open a new feature request – Brawny

Answer 2

You can try gitkraken for Ui for tree representation instead or inbuilt git plugins in IDEs like intellij or use extensions like git graph in visual studio code.

Tympan

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Answer 3

They won't add it back because they push the paid private repo pricing plan.

Millennium