SourceTree Portable
Download
- You can download the portable SourceTree from here
- Or you can create your own version by following these steps:
- Download the latest installer from here
- Open a cmd window, issue the following commands in this order
SourceTreeSetup_1.9.6.1.exe /extract
msiexec /a SourceTreeSetup_1.9.6.1.msi /qb TARGETDIR="%temp%\SourceTree"
xcopy "%temp%\SourceTree" "C:\PortableApps\SourceTreePortable\App\SourceTree" /S /i
rmdir "%temp%\SourceTree" /S
- You can find your portable SourceTree at C:\PortableApps\SourceTreePortable
SourceTree Portable
Setup
- After the first launch of SourceTree.exe you should do the following steps
- Check I agree, click Continue
SourceTree Portable
Setup
- Log in with your Atlassian account
- You can create a new account even with an existing Google-account, then your gmail-address will be your username
SourceTree Portable
Setup
- Since we are using a GitLab repository instead of Atlassian's Bitbucket, you should click on the Skip Setup button here
SourceTree Portable
Setup
- You should also skip creating global ignore list by choosing Cancel
SourceTree Portable
Setup
- Skip connecting to Bitbucket repository
- Cancel loading PuTTY SSH key
SourceTree Portable
Setup
- If you face with this dialog, you should try to Browse already installed Git
- If you cannot find it, choose the Download option
SourceTree Portable
Setup
- You don't want to use Mercurial
SourceTree Portable
1st run
- On SourceTree GUI select the Clone/New button in the top right corner of the window
- Enter your repository address that you can find here as Source Path / URL
- Supply an empty or non-existent folder as Destination Path
SourceTree Portable
1st run
- Later you may have to enter your name and email-address which will be related to your commits