[eluser]xtremer360[/eluser]
So git and github are two different things? I ask because I have a repository for this application.
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
[quote author="xtremer360" date="1363121551"]So git and github are two different things? I ask because I have a repository for this application.[/quote]
Github uses GIT. It's a remote repository where you can clone projects, contribute to them, etc., but they all use GIT. They have public repos, like codeigniter, and private ones that you can purchase for your own use. Personally, I use my own server to host my git repositories. I use github for public things.
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
True, all of my servers are dedicated or Linodes where I have full root access.
[eluser]xtremer360[/eluser]
I just want something that I can have one file system on my laptop and when I've completed a file have it be pushed to my development server on dev.myurl.com and then after testing and it passes then have it passed to my main site on myurl.com.
I looked at git-tower.com which looks great but is costly. Has anybody used this software and could give me some critiques on the software and/or suggest some alterior software for me to use.
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
I just use plain old git, which is free. It comes with gitgui, which is more than adequate 99% of the time. The other 1% I need to use the command line. I've tried expensive GUIs (trial versions), and more often than not I still need to use the commandline 1% of the time so why bother.
The majority of the time all you are doing is creating branches, switching between branches, merging branches, deleting branches, making commits, pushing/pulling. That's easy stuff. Try just using gitgui before spending money on something you probably don't need. The basic, free git (and gitgui) will do everything you say you need it to and a lot more. Remember, those GUIs are using the command line behind the scenes too. They don't do anything that git can't do.