How to Use SourceTree with Bitbucket

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to check out Bitbucket commits directly in SourceTree.

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to check out a Bitbucket repository in SourceTree using the built-in integration. By connecting SourceTree to your Bitbucket project, you can manage commits, pull changes, and push updates from a single desktop Git client.

Steps

Go to the left-side panel, then click Commits.
Tap Check Out at the top-right corner.
Click Check Out in SourceTree to open the repository in the desktop client.
Access your local and remote repository through SourceTree to review commits, pull changes, and push updates.

📌 Why this matters

Integrating SourceTree with Bitbucket gives development teams a powerful, visual Git workflow without relying on the command line. By checking out Bitbucket repositories directly in SourceTree, developers can manage branches, review commit history, and push or pull changes from a single desktop interface. This seamless connection between Bitbucket's cloud-hosted repositories and SourceTree's local Git client reduces context-switching and speeds up code review cycles. For teams already using Atlassian's ecosystem, this integration is a straightforward way to boost version control efficiency.

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