tortoisegit - Can multiple Git clients be used on the same repository? -

i using tortoisegit windows development machine. repository located on bitbucket. have been looking @ other git clients find tortoisegit bit confusing.

since git information , meta-data stored in .git folders wondering if can use other git clients on current branch. if possible there disadvantages doing this?

can switch different client, using command-line yesterday , tortoisegit today? sure, why not. possibly somewhere there (or maybe be) client stores things differently , you'd have problems, smoke-check (aka doing equivalent of git log , checking commits there) should enough.

but favor , don't run both @ same time. close tortoisegit instances before attempting ide plugin. @ least when comes rw operations (ro safe). while original git binary safe concurrent access, won't assume every other implementation in wild. won't harm you, why take chances in first place?