New 2.0 tab interface unusable

[Software Licenses Virtamed]

My question here is, does anyone test this software before going out. Each update brings in a new bug and no new features. Really frustrated.

[Software Licenses Virtamed]

For us it is the same.

The tabs are unusable. Scrolling is a joke, the meta-data of all the pulls and pushes is gone, and the entire setup is slower to navigate.

Please, please give us an option to go back to the old layout.

Furthermore the constant repository-updates are horrendous. It updates everything that I do not need and constantly collapses all the repository items.

[Josef Micka]

i really miss left side tree view for my bookmarks, i have categorized repos, grouped by themes and such, now i can see it only when i want open new tab, and even then it's flat, single level, you need to browse to 2nd/3rd level ...

how do i navigate fast between different repos and sources now?

i still keep 1.9 on my work computer, because 2.x is unusuable for my regular work. i have 2.x only on my home computer, where i don't use it that much.

[Andrey Ovsiankin]

When the faster version will be available?

2.1.2.5 is unusable at all!

[Martin Widmer]

Hello

When the name of a project is a little longer than one word, the tabs are no longer distinguishable anymore, they only show the beginning of the project name. On my screen in SourceTree all tabs have the same caption for that reason. It is really hard to work like this.

[Christoph Aschwanden]

+1 to have the old non-tabbed interface back. 

[Michael Marshall]

Yet Leo's group clearly does need to work with 100+ repos, your opinion notwithstanding.

The point of this whole thread (which I started) is simple: The old UI worked and worked well - there was absolutely zero reason to replace it, and even less reason not to retain the old UI as an option.

Some people are fine with the new UI, but many find the new UI unworkable or unusable with their long-standing procedures and workflows, which in turn impacts their productivity and their ability to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

[KevinGelking]

I am fine with the new UI, but mostly because it is a lot more responsive and sourcetree in general has received a performance boost - at least till 2.1.2.5 , after that it started slowing down again so I'm reluctant to update (as usual, with sourcetree).

As for the UI, there is a vertical "sidebar" available if you click the "+" icon to add a repo, it does not actually create or checkout a new repo but simply takes one from an existing (vertical) list of repos. I think this is a feature that many people do not see.

What I do is put the ones I actually work with in the tab-bar and kick them out when I don't need them anymore.

It keeps the UI clean and lets me focus on what I'm really working on and I don't think this should be a dealbreaker for anyone.

[KevinGelking]

You do not need to have 100+ repos open simultaneously. You can only ever actively work on one, and perhaps merge between a few more.

If you simply close the tab the repo won't be deleted or anything.

Close the ones you don't need and click the "+" at the end to get a vertical, alphabetically sorted list of all available repos.

[Michael Marshall]

Lawrence,

you don't have to be working on multiple projects - if you're a manager or project leader you may just need to monitor them to see who is changing what.

Or you may actually be actively working on multiple projects (as I am).

Finally, (in 1.10) submodules show up as projects so a handful of projects each with 2-3 submodules will quickly "fill up" the 2.0 UI...

[Taimur Alavi]

Not every day you're right, but there are days and during that week where I do have to work on all projects at once (which happens!) it is a very important feature to have.

[Lawrence Dol]

I do have to agree that having the option for showing a sidebar would be nice to have. However, it's far from urgent, nor is it a deal-breaker.

(Just trying to understand.) :-)

[Lawrence Dol]

I am genuinely curious about this. I work with 39 repos, but I only have a handlful open that I am actively working on at any given time. Why do you have 22 repos open at once? Surely you can't be working on 22 projects simultaneously, or even back and forth throughout the day?

I can easly check the status of any of my repos by keeping one tab open with the new tab repo display. I haven't found myself missing the sidebar at all (and I thought I would); in fact, the sidebar was often misleading from a UX point of view since it would show a project highlighted that was not the project that was active in the main view.

[Taimur Alavi]

Yes, I work with 22 repositories and the old view was far far far far better. The new interface is really not pleasant to work with at all. At least give users the option to have the sidebar back, please. I will have to look at alternatives otherwise.

[markdemich]

The new tabs are nearly unusable when you have a lot of them.  Please change them back.

[Rick Zakharov]

Please take SourceTree for Mac as the starting point. That version of the application is very stable and fast. And absolutely usable!

Why was the decision made to make a totally different UI than the one used for Mac version?

[Mia Shani]

Oh good! 
I, too, really need the option to see an overview of ALL my projects! 
when will it be released?

thanks!

[Ricardo Salcedo]

LOL, glad you appreciated that :-)

[Lawrence Dol]

Oooo. Biting sarcasm. Speaking of being constructive.

My question was genuine. What's the use-case for working on 20 projects at a time? In other words, what's the actual need to have so many tabs open? If you are going to demand a change, or reversion, in the UI, surely you have a justification better than "but that's what I've always done", no?

[Ricardo Salcedo]

Very constructive insight Lawrence, not sure why none of us thought about that. Thanks for the helpful advice.

[Lawrence Dol]

I dunno... maybe don't open 20 projects at once? Can you really productively work on all of those at the same time?

[Lawrence Dol]

Personally I quite like the new UI, after a few weeks getting used to it. Although I have 30 or 40 repos, I am only working on a handful at a time, so the use of tabs is perfectly workable. I am not sure why some people seem to need to have tens of projects open at once -- that would be completely focus-destroying for me.

With that said, I do have three distinct sets of repos, personal, business and open-source projects, and I miss the list being grouped by it's folders as well as having multiple folder levels.

This is just my 2 cents.

[Leo Steiner]

+1. We're also being forced to move to a different GIT client.

We upgraded a few weeks ago, tried living without the sidebar but finding it a big step backwards in productivity. Particularly as our 100+ repos all share a common prefix... 

Please consider bringing back the sidebar or consider alternatives for working with large, organized sets of repositories.

[Michael Benz]

At the moment I can fit up to 10 repositories tops in the new tabbed UI in 2.0.20.1. Like so many others before it is hard to see which tab you are actually on. (waiting to see the improvements in v2.1)

[Ricardo Salcedo]

Just wanted to add a screenshot of what people are talking about when they say all projects beginning with the same prefix look identical :-D