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The basic parts of Tower

Tower is structured into a few basic areas. Understanding what they do and how they relate to each other will help you in your daily work.

Tower's basic parts

  • Dashboard

    The Dashboard gives you an overview of which repositories you have added to Tower and their current status. This is the place where you can create new repositories or add existing ones.
    When the Dashboard is currently displayed, the other parts mentioned below are not visible at the same time.
    If you just want to switch between repositories, you can click on the "Repositories" icon in the toolbar to open another repository.

  • Sidebar

    The Sidebar on the left contains the local branches & tags, the configured remote repositories, and the saved stashes for the currently opened repository. The Status view always shows the content of your current working directory (HEAD). The Commit and Browse views (see below) display their contents dependent on which item is selected in the sidebar.

  • Status

    The Status tab is used to display files and its contents for the currently opened repository. It shows all the files from the working directory (HEAD) which are currently checked out on disk in your working copy folder. It also shows modifications in those files.

  • Commits

    The Commits tab shows the commit log for the currently opened repository. In its "Recent" view mode it's intended to give you a quick overview of the last few commits that happened in the repository. The "List" mode presents the commits in a classic "email style" view.

  • Browse

    The Browse tab shows the files depending on the item (branch, tag, stash) that is selected in the sidebar.


Related Topics

Overview of the Status area

A basic workflow with Tower

Managing Repositories

Browsing Files

Viewing the Commit History

Working with Branches & Tags