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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask retcon
About Retcon
Retcon is a Mac app focused on one job: rewriting Git history. Instead of writing an interactive rebase script, you move, fix up, delete, reword or edit commits by dragging and dropping them, and any change can be undone with Command-Z.
It suits developers who tidy up their commits before sharing a branch, or who prepare step-by-step repositories for teaching. It is not a general Git client. Version 1.6 requires macOS 14.3 or later and comes with a 14-day trial.
Strengths
- Drag-and-drop rebasing: move, fixup, delete, reword, edit
- Undo any rewrite with Command-Z
- Native Mac interface
Limitations
- macOS only, requires macOS 14.3 or later
- Focused on history rewriting rather than full Git workflows
- Paid after the trial
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid app with a 14-day free trial.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Mac developers who clean up commit history before sharing it
- Categories
- Git clients
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Fork
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Fork adds Windows support and a full Git client around its clear interactive rebase and conflict tools, but it is paid after evaluation and closed source.
Tower
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GitButler
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lazygit
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SmartGit
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SmartGit brings drag-and-drop operations with undo to Windows, macOS and Linux as a full Git client, but it is closed source and paid for commercial use.
Sourcetree
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Jujutsu
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