Which version-control tool should you give your coding agent? We pit Git, Jujutsu and GitButler against each other in a fight to the death
We used agents to port all of Git to library-first, memory-safe Rust and it passes the entire C Git test suite.
Git Merge is coming to Lisbon this September, and GitButler is once again helping host two days of Git talks, community, and deep technical nerdery.
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How to let coding agents work without wrecking your branches: the real fear is not the code, it’s the Git mess, and the fix is a workflow built for safe review, rollback, and clear task boundaries.
GitButler has raised a Series A round to accelerate developing the infrastructure for how software gets built next.
In early February, we announced But, the GitButler CLI. The announcement had one glaring flaw: Linux was never mentioned. Not. Even. Once. We're rectifying that now, because But loves Linux, and Linux will come to love But.
CSS now does what Floating UI, GSAP ScrollTrigger, Framer Motion, and react-select used to require JavaScript for. Here is exactly how much that saves, why these libraries were painful beyond their size, and what the platform still hasn't figured out.
A small rant on git papercuts, and why they are like that.
Git is great - and has been for twenty years. But in that time, how many of us have advanced our git skills? Most of us know about five or six commands: clone, status, push/pull, add, commit, branch, and checkout.
Now in technical preview, the new GitButler CLI brings all the power of GitButler to your command line
GitButler 0.19 is out, now shipping with a CLI, improved diffing, improved agentic help and more!
In search of a distinctive typographic identity for GitButler, we created 'But Head,' a custom header font that blends the technical precision of code with the elegance of magazine typography.
At first glance RAG and MCP seem similar. In practice, they solve very different problems and lead to very different system designs.
GitButler built a new way to integrate AI-powered code generation directly into your version control workflow.
By exposing GitButler functionality through the Model Context Protocol, the MCP server allows AI tools to interact directly with your Git workflow.
Working across multiple GitHub accounts can get messy fast. GitButler removes a lot of that friction with built-in GitHub integration.
GitButler is excited to officially participate in this year's Advent of Code! Join our team as we tackle 25 days of clever programming puzzles and showcase how GitButler makes solving daily challenges smoother.
GitButler has been out and about — check out where we are heading next!
GitButler now has native Gerrit Mode support. Enable it with one config setting and get automatic Change-Id injection, smart push behavior, and linked change URLs.
GitButler with GitHub Enterprise means your hosted instance of GitHub becomes available inside the client.
In Part 3, we take a look at some deep examples of where Butler Flow comes in handy.
Dig deeper into what Butler Flow is, using Butler Flow day-to-day and best practices.
Dig into what Butler Flow is, why it exists, how it works, and how adopting it can help modern development teams solve one of the perpetual pains in software.
How we built a flexible, responsive 12-column CSS Grid system for our website redesign: lessons, hacks, and why grid finally made sense.
With Cursor's brand new lifecycle hooks, you can now use GitButler for automatic version control of your Cursor agent work.
Cursor's latest release has a new beta lifecycle hooks feature that lets you control and customize how Cursor works. Let's check it out.
Learn to create dynamic "+X more" counters that update automatically without JavaScript, using CSS Container Queries, Custom Properties, and Counters for responsive components that adapt to container width.
GitButler 0.16 is out, featuring our new Agents Tab, AI tool integrations, rules, splitting and more!
GitButler's new Agents Tab brings Claude Code directly into your Git workflow, giving each branch its own independent development assistant.
GitButler is a member of the Open Source Pledge, which requires an annual blog post report. This is that report.
GitButler attended the Git Mini Summit 2025 and posted videos of all the talks. Here is what everyone talked about this year.
Claude Code's new hooks system is a powerful tool for automating your agent workflows. We'll do a quick overview of what's possible and explore a few fun examples.
With Claude Code's new lifecycle hooks, GitButler auto-sorts simultaneous AI coding into separate branches. Write three features, get three clean branches — no conflicts, no worktrees, no hassle.
GitButler 0.15 is out, featuring a brand new user interface, stability improvements, line based commits and more!
Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
Introducing Butler Review, a new commit-based, chat centered code review tool, now in beta.
Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?
Diving into `range-diff`, the little known Git power tool to compare two versions of a series of patches.
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
All the Git Merge 2024 talks are up on Youtube. Here is a quick summary of each one.
Last week we released GitButler 0.13, which is our first release with our new Fearless Rebasing feature.
GitButler now supports first class conflicts, which makes rebasing much less annoying. What is "fearless rebasing"?
Git Merge 2024 has wrapped and we all had a heck of a good time. Here's the overview.
How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge to help move towards a more sustainable open source ecosystem.
We're moving from Slack to Discord so we can involve our community more. Here's how we did it and more importantly, why.
A GitHub founder's musings on the past, present and future of large groups of people collaborating on software in awesome ways.
GitButler is now officially one of the first members of the Fair Source movement, helping to shift closed source to publicly available software by default.
GitButler is organizing the 2024 Git Merge conference, Sep 19/20 in Berlin!
How can you amend a series of commits automatically to keep a clean history? Let's take a look at git autosquash.
Our waiting list generated over 1200 Git usage and feedback survey responses. Here is what we learned.
How do git worktrees help you work on more than one branch at the same time, and how does that differ from virtual branches in GitButler?
Some things that people don’t tend to know about Git anymore, and some new things you might not have noticed.
Do you know some of the cool stuff in Git that's been around for a while? All the magical -L and -C options in the Git world? Let's find out!
There are a bunch of new tricks that Git can do that were added in the last few years. How up to date are you?
Did you know that Git can handle enormous monorepos like Windows? Let's take a look at how.
The GitButler crew is at FOSDEM this weekend and I'm giving a talk on Git titled "So You Think You Know Git?". Here are the slides.
Today we're flipping the public switch on GitHub for our GitButler client code and removing the waiting list entirely. Everyone and anyone can now directly download the GitButler client and access the source code.
If you're working on a Tauri app in VS Code and want to set breakpoints and use a debugger like a grown up, this is how to get it done.
This holiday season, GitButler is sponsoring the Advent of Code and our first present is a new release! Join us in solving coding puzzles every day with our new client alpha!
Why would you sign your commits in Git? How would you do it? How is it even done? Let's dig into signing commits in Git.
GitButler is introducing an entirely new way to work on branches in Git. Join the alpha!
Last week the GitButler team descended in force on the We Are Developers World Congress in our home town of Berlin.
GitButler has come up with an entirely new way to work on multiple branches: simultaneously. What are virtual branches?
