A couple of git nits
March 16, 2026 by Estib Vega
A small rant on git papercuts, and why they are like that.
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Announcing the GitButler CLI for Linux
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.
The Great CSS Expansion
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.
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Simplifying Git by Using GitButler
February 22, 2026 by PJ Hagerty
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.
Introducing the GitButler CLI
February 5, 2026 by Scott Chacon
Now in technical preview, the new GitButler CLI brings all the power of GitButler to your command line
GitButler 0.19 - "Commander Keen"
February 5, 2026 by Scott Chacon
GitButler 0.19 is out, now shipping with a CLI, improved diffing, improved agentic help and more!
But Head: Crafting a Custom Font
January 21, 2026 by Pavel Laptev
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.
MCP vs RAG: Two Very Different Ways to Gain Context
January 14, 2026 by PJ Hagerty
At first glance RAG and MCP seem similar. In practice, they solve very different problems and lead to very different system designs.
Getting Started With GitButler Agents
January 9, 2026 by Mattias Granlund
GitButler built a new way to integrate AI-powered code generation directly into your version control workflow.
Using the GitButler MCP Server to Build Better AI-Driven Git Workflows
By exposing GitButler functionality through the Model Context Protocol, the MCP server allows AI tools to interact directly with your Git workflow.
Using GitButler With Multiple GitHub Accounts
Working across multiple GitHub accounts can get messy fast. GitButler removes a lot of that friction with built-in GitHub integration.
Boost your Git workflow with GitButler
Advent of Code!
November 26, 2025 by PJ Hagerty
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.
Upcoming GitButler Events
November 18, 2025 by PJ Hagerty
GitButler has been out and about — check out where we are heading next!
Use GitButler for your Gerrit workflow
November 10, 2025 by Scott Chacon
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.
Integrating GitButler and GitHub Enterprise
November 6, 2025 by Estib Vega
GitButler with GitHub Enterprise means your hosted instance of GitHub becomes available inside the client.
Butler Flow: shipping code faster (but less like Alfred, more like CI on steroids) - Part 3
November 4, 2025 by PJ Hagerty
In Part 3, we take a look at some deep examples of where Butler Flow comes in handy.
Butler Flow: shipping code faster (but less like Alfred, more like CI on steroids) - Part 2
October 28, 2025 by PJ Hagerty
Dig deeper into what Butler Flow is, using Butler Flow day-to-day and best practices.
Butler Flow: shipping code faster (but less like Alfred, more like CI on steroids) - Part 1
October 23, 2025 by PJ Hagerty
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.
Grid Happens: Because Flexbox Wasn’t Enough
How we built a flexible, responsive 12-column CSS Grid system for our website redesign: lessons, hacks, and why grid finally made sense.
Using Cursor Hooks for automatic version control
With Cursor's brand new lifecycle hooks, you can now use GitButler for automatic version control of your Cursor agent work.
Deep Dive into the new Cursor Hooks
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.
A Responsive Item Counter with CSS only
September 21, 2025 by Pavel Laptev
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 - "Sweet Sixteen"
September 12, 2025 by Scott Chacon
GitButler 0.16 is out, featuring our new Agents Tab, AI tool integrations, rules, splitting and more!
GitButler's Claude Code tab
September 11, 2025 by Scott Chacon
GitButler's new Agents Tab brings Claude Code directly into your Git workflow, giving each branch its own independent development assistant.
GitButler's Annual Open Source Pledge Report
September 10, 2025 by Scott Chacon
GitButler is a member of the Open Source Pledge, which requires an annual blog post report. This is that report.
Git Mini Summit 2025 Videos
September 3, 2025 by Scott Chacon
GitButler attended the Git Mini Summit 2025 and posted videos of all the talks. Here is what everyone talked about this year.
Automate Your AI Workflows with Claude Code Hooks
July 24, 2025 by Scott Chacon
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.
Managing Multiple Claude Code Sessions Without Worktrees
July 22, 2025 by Scott Chacon
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 - "Quirky Quinceañera"
GitButler 0.15 is out, featuring a brand new user interface, stability improvements, line based commits and more!
20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.
Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
GitButler's new patch based Code Review (Beta)
Introducing Butler Review, a new commit-based, chat centered code review tool, now in beta.
Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-uri
March 13, 2025 by Scott Chacon
Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?
How to do patch-based review with git range-diff
February 28, 2025 by Scott Chacon
Diving into `range-diff`, the little known Git power tool to compare two versions of a series of patches.
How Core Git Developers Configure Git
February 22, 2025 by Scott Chacon
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?
January 13, 2025 by Scott Chacon
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
Stacked Branches with GitButler
December 4, 2024 by Scott Chacon
GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
Git Merge 2024 Talks are Up
October 24, 2024 by Scott Chacon
All the Git Merge 2024 talks are up on Youtube. Here is a quick summary of each one.
GitButler 0.13 - "Lucky Baseball"
October 23, 2024 by Scott Chacon
Last week we released GitButler 0.13, which is our first release with our new Fearless Rebasing feature.
Fearless Rebasing
GitButler now supports first class conflicts, which makes rebasing much less annoying. What is "fearless rebasing"?
Git Merge 2024
Git Merge 2024 has wrapped and we all had a heck of a good time. Here's the overview.
Boost your Git workflow with GitButler
Why GitHub Actually Won
September 9, 2024 by Scott Chacon
How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge
September 2, 2024 by Scott Chacon
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge to help move towards a more sustainable open source ecosystem.
The New Era of Town Hall Chat
August 27, 2024 by Scott Chacon
We're moving from Slack to Discord so we can involve our community more. Here's how we did it and more importantly, why.
The Future of Open Source
August 6, 2024 by Scott Chacon
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 Fair Source
August 6, 2024 by Scott Chacon
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.
Git Merge 2024
July 22, 2024 by Scott Chacon
GitButler is organizing the 2024 Git Merge conference, Sep 19/20 in Berlin!
GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker"
June 3, 2024 by Scott Chacon
New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!
The Birth of THE MERGE
GitButler for Windows
The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
Fixing up Git with Autosquash
How can you amend a series of commits automatically to keep a clean history? Let's take a look at git autosquash.
Git Tips and Tricks
February 8, 2024 by Scott Chacon
Some things that people don’t tend to know about Git anymore, and some new things you might not have noticed.
Git Tips 1: Oldies but Goodies
February 8, 2024 by Scott Chacon
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!
Git Tips 2: New Stuff in Git
February 8, 2024 by Scott Chacon
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?
Git Tips 3: Really Large Repositories
February 8, 2024 by Scott Chacon
Did you know that Git can handle enormous monorepos like Windows? Let's take a look at how.
FOSDEM Git Talk
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.
Opening Up GitButler
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.
Debugging Tauri in VS 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.
Advent of GitButler Code
November 30, 2023 by Scott Chacon
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!
Signing Commits in Git, Explained
September 25, 2023 by Scott Chacon
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.
Virtual Branches Alpha
September 1, 2023 by Scott Chacon
GitButler is introducing an entirely new way to work on branches in Git. Join the alpha!
