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1TIG(1)
2======
3
4NAME
5----
6tig - text-mode interface for git
7
8SYNOPSIS
9--------
10[verse]
11tig [options]
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12tig [options] [--] [git options]
13tig [options] log [git options]
14tig [options] diff [git options]
15tig [options] show [git options]
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16tig [options] < [git command output]
17
18DESCRIPTION
19-----------
20Browse changes in a git repository. Additionally, tig(1) can also act
21as a pager for output of various git commands.
22
23When browsing repositories, tig(1) uses the underlying git commands
24to present the user with various views, such as summarized commit log
25and showing the commit with the log message, diffstat, and the diff.
26
27Using tig(1) as a pager, it will display input from stdin and try
28to colorize it.
29
30OPTIONS
31-------
32
33-l::
34 Start up in log view using the internal log command.
35
36-d::
37 Start up in diff view using the internal diff command.
38
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39-S::
40 Start up in status view.
41
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42-n[INTERVAL], --line-number[=INTERVAL]::
43 Prefix line numbers in log and diff view.
44 Optionally, with interval different than each line.
45
46-b[NSPACES], --tab-size[=NSPACES]::
47 Set the number of spaces tabs should be expanded to.
48
49-v, --version::
50 Show version and exit.
51
52-h, --help::
53 Show help message and exit.
54
55\--::
56 End of tig(1) options. Useful when specifying command
57 options for the main view. Example:
58
59 $ tig -- --since=1.month
60
a389e944 61log::
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62 Open log view using the given git log options.
63
a389e944 64diff::
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65 Open diff view using the given git diff options.
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a389e944 67show::
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68 Open diff view using the given git show options.
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a389e944 70[git options]::
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71 tig(1) will stop the option parsing when the first
72 command line parameter not starting with "-" is
73 encountered. All options including this one will be
74 passed to git log when loading the main view.
75 This makes it possible to say:
76
77 $ tig tag-1.0..HEAD
78
79ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
80---------------------
81TIG_LS_REMOTE::
82 Set command for retrieving all repository references. The command
83 should output data in the same format as git-ls-remote(1).
84
85TIG_DIFF_CMD::
86 The command used for the diff view. By default, git show is used
87 as a backend.
88
89TIG_LOG_CMD::
90 The command used for the log view. If you prefer to have both
91 author and committer shown in the log view be sure to pass
92 `--pretty=fuller` to git log.
93
94TIG_MAIN_CMD::
95 The command used for the main view. Note, you must always specify
96 the option: `--pretty=raw` since the main view parser expects to
97 read that format.
98
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99Tree commands
100~~~~~~~~~~~~~
101TIG_TREE_CMD::
102 The command used for the tree view. By default, git-ls-tree(1) is
103 used. The commands should expect first the commit ID and second
104 a path.
105
106TIG_BLOB_CMD::
107 The command used for the blob view. By default, git-cat-file(1) is
108 used. The command gets the blob ID.
109
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110FILES
111-----
112'~/.tigrc'::
511147de 113 User configuration file. See gitlink:tigrc[5] for examples.
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115'.git/config'::
f7ffec06 116 Repository config file. Read on start-up with the help of
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117 git-repo-config(1).
118
119include::BUGS[]
120
121COPYRIGHT
122---------
f9a044a4 123Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
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124
125This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
126it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
127the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
128(at your option) any later version.
129
130SEE ALSO
131--------
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133gitlink:tigrc[5], git(7), cogito(7), as well as other git repository browsers:
134gitk(1), qgit(1), gitview(1).
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e664e260 136Online resources:
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137
138include::SITES[]