I use Tower from time to time to do some git operations that require a little more attention or a better visual overview than what I can get via the CLI and built-in tools. However, I noticed that Tower likes to take over any folder with .git, and make Mac OS X's finder turn it into a 'Tower' package, so double-clicking the folder (which now behaves like a mini app or file) opens Tower.
I don't like that behavior, because I have some [example].git folders that I want to browse in the Finder or in other Mac apps without having to 'Show Package Contents'. Apparently GitX has the same issue , and I'm not the only one annoyed by this behavior.
The fix, for me, was simple:
- Get info on the .git folder (right-click and 'Get Info', or select the folder and hit Command-I).
- Select 'Terminal' under "Open with:"
- The "Open with:" menu should then change to Finder.app (because Terminal realizes this is actually a folder).
It seems like, after doing this and clicking 'Change All...', you can't switch back to the old behavior, but that's fine by me. I'll open .git folders in Tower when I want to, thankyouverymuch!