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1Tig: text-mode interface for git
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4Tig is a git repository browser that additionally can act as a pager for output
5of various git commands.
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7When browsing repositories, it uses the underlying git commands to present the
8user with various views, such as summarized commit log and showing the commit
9with the log message, diffstat, and the diff.
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11Using it as a pager, it will display input from stdin and try to colorize it.
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13Getting tig
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15
16To get tig either grab the Makefile and tig.c files from the tig home page:
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18 - http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/[]
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20or clone the tig repository using the URL:
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22 - http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/tig.git[]
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24Documentation files are available either at the home page or or in the above
25repository in the branch named 'docs'.
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27Installation instructions
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29
30To install tig simply run:
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32 $ make install
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34To install documentation run:
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36 $ make install-docs
37
38The following tools and packages are needed:
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40`-------------------------------`----------------------------------------------
41Tool Description
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43git-core Tig is just a frontend for git.
44ncurses Be sure to also have development files \
45 installed. Usually they are available in a
46 separate package ending with `-dev`.
47asciidoc (>= 7.0), xmlto For building documentation. (Optional)
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50NOTE: You need to install the documentation for the internal help to be
51available.