Pocket Git

- January 30, 2016

Everyone

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( 437)

Description

Pocket Git is a powerful standalone Git client for Android with the following features:

★ Simple interface.
★ Clone repositories.
★ Support HTTP and SSH protocols.
★ Passwords and private keys (with passphrase).
★ Automatically capture Github and Bitbucket links.
★ Checkout local and remote branches, individual commits and tags.
★ Stage, unstage and commit.
★ Merge, create and delete branches.
★ Create and delete tags.
★ Create files and folders.
★ Edit files in a external editor (e.g. DroidEdit).
★ Revert changes to single files or complete working tree.
★ Push, pull and fetch from remotes.
★ Projects with more than one remote.
★ Graphical log.
★ View differences before commiting.
★ View differences for each commit.
★ View differences, for any file, between current working tree and HEAD.

Reviews

4.2

437 total

5 253

4 92

3 43

2 25

1 24

Zejji Zejji

The best option available on Android, but still flawed There aren't many options for a usable git client on Android, so it's easy to recommend Pocket Git. However, it is buggy (cannot add some files even though not in .gitignore) and badly needs the following improvements: (i) ability to add all new files in a folder recursively (as adding large no.s of files in nested folders is currently very painful!); (ii) direct command-line access to git commands for complex tasks; (iii) ability to create local-only repos; and (iv) faster performance generally. Hopefully there'll be more changes to come.

Soleil Lapierre

Works fine on local storage, but I really want to clone repositories to the SD card. Using Android 5.1 and the app manager shows that Pocket Git has SD read/write/modify permission, but I just get "failed to clone" with the exact same repo settings that work on built-in storage. More detailed error messages would be nice too.

Snerk Rabbledauber

Too much effort on look and not enough on function. For example, it does not give you an error message when something goes wrong while cloning. It just says it could not clone. Also, it always fails to clone to the external SD card, even though all indications are that it should be able to.

Josh Clark

Only real working git client Some people complain about it being hard to use or not working on external memory but it works fine. Took a while to figure out at first but git itself is really complex. Internal memory is fine with me because I have it cloned from GitHub anyway

Russ Taylor

I really like Pocket Git, except that I can't clone some of my repositories. Every time I try, I get an error: 'attempt to use Inflater after calling end'. Sad day.

Joe Schubert

Great app Great app. I only wish that the back button would give an up directory instead of exciting the repo. This is fairly inconvenient while browsing the repo if you click the wrong directory and hit back. Then you have to start again from the top level.

User reviews

Zejji Zejji May 6, 2016

Soleil Lapierre April 5, 2016

Snerk Rabbledauber May 26, 2016

Josh Clark July 21, 2016

Russ Taylor March 21, 2016

I really like Pocket Git, except that I can't clone some of my repositories. Every time I try, I get an error: 'attempt to use Inflater after calling end'. Sad day.

Joe Schubert March 23, 2016

Stefan Weiberg February 10, 2016

Best git client available for Android After I saw the option to ignore an invalid certificate in the notification bar everything works fine. An awesome app just like Droid edit by the same developer!

Moritz Both September 19, 2017

pocket git can do all basic git functions after you have found out how. No support for advanced functionallity, limited error reporting. It seems to be abondened. Last update January 2016, the developer is not reponsive to me.

Guillaume Collic August 30, 2016

Missing features for my need You can't have different authentication type for each remote, and you can't push a local branch to a remote branch of an arbitrary different name. A trial version would be useful.

Jeremiah O'Neil June 30, 2016

I've gotten some inexplicable failures to clone, and the boilerplate error message is frustratingly worthless. Otherwise excellent!

Jonathan Lee April 3, 2016

Very well built, and functional. though i know your not allowed to make feature requests via google play, but a dark theme would come in really handy for me in reading!

Domagoj Hackenberger July 3, 2016

So much potential but I can't clone my repo to sdcard. It is frustrating. (Samsung Galaxy J5)

Ben Benfold November 1, 2016

Pocket Git runs so slowly on my Nexus 5 that it is barely usable. Unfortunately I did manage to use it enough to discover that the stashing is horribly broken and deletes untracked files instead of stashing them or leaving them alone.

Patrick Richardson February 17, 2016

Failed to clone Whatever I try to do, I can't get any repo to clone on SD. I keep getting failed to clone, I think the app doesn't ever request SD card access and fails.

Matt Clark August 28, 2016

Inability to set sslVerify I can not use this to connect to a private server because I can not disable http.sslVerify - and accept my self - signed key. All other aspects of the app are great, I am just unable to use it with any of my projects.

William Ransohoff December 17, 2016

Nice git client, some issues with merge conflicts This is a fine git client for working on personal projects where you can avoid getting too out of sync with your repository. It works well, and the core functionality of cloning, pushing, pulling, branching, and merging works fine. My only complaint is that it sometimes gets stuck in a merging state when it runs into merge conflicts, which forces me to resolve things with a different client. I'd also like to be able to add all files in a directory without having to step into that directory. Besides that, it has a nice interface and works well.

Branislav Holý May 17, 2016

Great app but some features are missing I like your app, it's a great git client. But... How can I show the log entries of a remote branch? I mean the equivalent of "git log origin/master" after fetching some commits from the remote. Is it possible? I'd like to know what commits I'll pull before I do that. Support for signed commits would be also appreciated. Thanks!

Smartphone David February 23, 2016

Commit folders? How can I commit a whole folder without selecting each file seperately? If this feature doesn't exist in your app, please add it.

André Restivo February 28, 2016

Hi, you can select a folder and press the add button to commit all changes on a folder. I just realized that it doesn't work if the files are new files. I'll fix it as soon as possible.

Alex Hogen September 26, 2016

Good, but needs help Like others have said, this is the best GIT client for Android. TBH, I use it mostly to back up projects on different devices, so I don't actually do much development on my phone or tablet. That means all I'm really doing is hitting "Pull" now and then. However, I do agree with the others that the interface, specifically the odd icons, make it less than intuitive. I wish it auto-fetched (only when the app is open, of course, not in the background) and had some sort of indicator on the cloud icon saying that my version is out of date and I should do a pull soon. I'm giving it 5 stars because of the other negative reviews. It really is the best client for Android right now and I want these ratings to reflect that.

Rodger Donaldson August 12, 2016

Just Works Copes well with my use cases and is perfect for working in spare moments. My only criticisms would be that it's annoying being limited to internal storage, and it would be nice to be able to add files from elsewhere on the filesystem.

Christian Gogolin March 28, 2016

Seems to work good. Error messages are very minimal, making the setup unnecessarily complicated.

Keith River January 22, 2017

Something wrong with app permissions - can't write to an external SD card. Featurewise seems fine, liking the branch interface.

Ashraf s December 18, 2016

Unable to clone to SD card Love the app, but I'm unable to clone repository to SD card.

September 4, 2017

A useful app, but with some key features missing such as bundles, rebase, fast forward merges, deleting commits etc. Being able to diff against a range of commits, bisect, or even enter raw git commands would be a great plus. Sometimes the app is buggy and needs to be force closed, too.

Sebastian Lau April 25, 2016

This is the only legit Git app for Android Too bad no support for local directories :(

Garrett Cornwell April 21, 2016

Not working App is really having trouble with folders with large amounts of files (3,000ish). Becomes unresponsive and requires a force close

FENG berd June 11, 2016

Not work at all.. Always push failture,I tried password/putty keys/openssh keys,no one can push to GitHub.

André Restivo June 11, 2016

Drop me an email so we can fix that.

Andrii Horda July 19, 2017

No logs. One of repositories fail to clone but no info to investigate the reason, no exceptions, no comprehensive answer

Игорь Лапин March 25, 2016

No essential featuee Can't init local repo

Tim Sayers October 31, 2016

Great! It's the best Git client on Android, works nicely and has a materialized ui. Works with no issue on my Nexus 6P with Nougat.

fly face February 1, 2017

Not being able to init locally is a flaw but aside from that this is the best option out there overall. Please make local init available.

Daniel Griffin August 14, 2016

Worth every penny I love this app, it's very powerful and the ui is as clean as a Will Smith rap album

Siguróli Ólafsson April 26, 2016

Works now and how! Keep it up :)

Trevi Awater March 13, 2016

Worth the money.

Cassidy James Blaede May 6, 2017

Beautifully simple

Josh J January 22, 2016

Great Mobile Client Tried a number of other clients and this one is leagues ahead. Nice clean intuitive UI and everything just feels well designed for touch devices. The developer is quick to fix bugs and as it turns out, a really nice guy who clearly cares about his app. I had a few issues with bugs in previous versions but after contacting him, fixes came quick!

Gustavo Steigert January 21, 2016

Works great Very nice UI, support for ssh, diff, branches, log, etc.

Barrie Turner January 4, 2016

Great Git app Has everything I need, with loads more functionality for me to grow into. Alongside DroidEdit, the companion/standalone code editor, it's pretty close to perfect! Responsive developer: I asked for files to be sortable, it was implemented a few days later; almost certainly in the pipeline already but it's one of the *many* feel-good things about this app.

Juergen Hock January 11, 2016

not bad, but more expected I'm just missing "git add *" and "git status" commands. Manually add files in all sub-sub-...-directories is not fun. The status overview will be also an important extension.

André Restivo January 11, 2016

Thanks for the useful suggestions. I'll consider adding those features in a future release.

Gregory Horne January 13, 2016

Good Application to Remotely Access Git Repository I liked this application especially when combined with the vim application on my BlackBerry Priv. The only issue is that the application cannot save to the microSD card which would be my preference.