Do I need TortoiseGit with RubyMine?

Question

I'm fairly new to RubyMine, and completely new to Git (or any VCS).

I want to experiment with Git on my own laptop. Can I do everything from the RM VCS menu?

Or do I need to use TortoiseGit as well?

Answer 1

The short answer is no. The longer answer is that it depends on your workflow and what you are most comfortable with. TortoiseGit is a GUI interface to the command-line Git program. When TortoiseGit is installed the command-line Git program will also be installed. This means that both options are available. You can use the command-line or the GUI interface to manage your repositories. If you have used other Tortoise applications in the past such as TortoiseSVN or TortoiseHG then you might be more comfortable performing source control operations through the Windows explorer interface outside of your IDE.

Personally I use TortoiseGit because it felt like a natural progression from TortoiseSVN but I made sure to learn and try out the equivalent command-line commands to make sure I was proficient in both.

Answer 2

Not really, I use rubymine and I only use the command line git with it, cause I am more comfortable with command line git, and a small diff tool like meld, tortoisegit is a separate git tool, If you don't like to use rubymine's built in git functions nor command line.