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Sourcetree is the git client of choice in a lot of Atlassian shops, and it inherits the same blank message box. Hold a key and talk: Typally transcribes and types it into Sourcetree without you touching the keyboard.
Written by the team behind Typally. Sourcetree's own features are described as accurately as we can — check them yourself before switching anything.None. Commit fields are plain text.
Teams using Sourcetree usually have Jira alongside, which means the context lives in a ticket and the commit says 'PROJ-123'. That is fine until someone reads the history without access to the tracker.
In practice people use it for: Commit messages, branch descriptions, and the explanation that should accompany a merge.
Typally runs in the background and types into whatever window has focus, so there is nothing to install inside Sourcetree:
One install, one sign-in. Nothing else to configure.
Whatever has the cursor receives the text, so click the right place in Sourcetree before starting.
Say the whole thought, then let go. No time limit.
Sourcetree's commit box is small and easy to lose focus from. Confirm the cursor is in it before speaking.
Typally types into Sourcetree's commit fields directly, so a self-contained message costs seconds rather than minutes. The same hotkey then works in Jira and Bitbucket, which is usually where the rest of the same explanation has to be written anyway.
A team that had been committing bare ticket numbers starts speaking a sentence of context into each one. When they migrate issue trackers the following year, the git history remains readable.
Write the commit message so it stands alone without the ticket. A ticket reference is a pointer, not an explanation, and pointers rot.
Sourcetree's commit box is small and easy to lose focus from. Confirm the cursor is in it before speaking.
No. It has no dictation feature.
Not on its own. Trackers change and access lapses; the message should make sense by itself.
Yes — it is an ordinary text field.
The free plan gives you 100 minutes a month without a card — enough to find out whether talking beats typing for you.
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