| 1 | tig(1) |
| 2 | ====== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | NAME |
| 5 | ---- |
| 6 | tig - text-mode interface for git |
| 7 | |
| 8 | SYNOPSIS |
| 9 | -------- |
| 10 | [verse] |
| 11 | tig [options] |
| 12 | tig [options] [--] [git options] |
| 13 | tig [options] log [git options] |
| 14 | tig [options] diff [git options] |
| 15 | tig [options] show [git options] |
| 16 | tig [options] < [git command output] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | DESCRIPTION |
| 19 | ----------- |
| 20 | Browse changes in a git repository. Additionally, tig(1) can also act |
| 21 | as a pager for output of various git commands. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | When browsing repositories, tig(1) uses the underlying git commands |
| 24 | to present the user with various views, such as summarized commit log |
| 25 | and showing the commit with the log message, diffstat, and the diff. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Using tig(1) as a pager, it will display input from stdin and try |
| 28 | to colorize it. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | OPTIONS |
| 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 | |
| 39 | -S:: |
| 40 | Start up in status view. |
| 41 | |
| 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 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 60 | $ tig -- --since=1.month |
| 61 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 62 | |
| 63 | log:: |
| 64 | Open log view using the given git log options. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | diff:: |
| 67 | Open diff view using the given git diff options. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | show:: |
| 70 | Open diff view using the given git show options. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [git options]:: |
| 73 | tig(1) will stop the option parsing when the first |
| 74 | command line parameter not starting with "-" is |
| 75 | encountered. All options including this one will be |
| 76 | passed to git log when loading the main view. |
| 77 | This makes it possible to say: |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 80 | $ tig tag-1.0..HEAD |
| 81 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 82 | |
| 83 | EXAMPLES |
| 84 | -------- |
| 85 | |
| 86 | Display the current branch: |
| 87 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 88 | $ tig |
| 89 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 90 | |
| 91 | Display one or more specific branches: |
| 92 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 93 | $ tig test master |
| 94 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 95 | |
| 96 | Display all branches: |
| 97 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 98 | $ tig -- --all |
| 99 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 100 | |
| 101 | Display differences between two branches: |
| 102 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 103 | $ tig test..master |
| 104 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 105 | |
| 106 | Display changes for a single file: |
| 107 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 108 | $ tig -- README |
| 109 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Display revisions between two dates for a specific file: |
| 112 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 113 | $ tig -- --after "2004-01-01" --before="2006-05-16" -- README |
| 114 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 115 | |
| 116 | ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES |
| 117 | --------------------- |
| 118 | |
| 119 | In addition to environment variables used by git (e.g. GIT_DIR), tig defines |
| 120 | the following: |
| 121 | |
| 122 | TIG_LS_REMOTE:: |
| 123 | Set command for retrieving all repository references. The command |
| 124 | should output data in the same format as git-ls-remote(1). |
| 125 | |
| 126 | TIG_DIFF_CMD:: |
| 127 | The command used for the diff view. By default, git show is used |
| 128 | as a backend. |
| 129 | |
| 130 | TIG_LOG_CMD:: |
| 131 | The command used for the log view. If you prefer to have both |
| 132 | author and committer shown in the log view be sure to pass |
| 133 | `--pretty=fuller` to git log. |
| 134 | |
| 135 | TIG_MAIN_CMD:: |
| 136 | The command used for the main view. Note, you must always specify |
| 137 | the option: `--pretty=raw` since the main view parser expects to |
| 138 | read that format. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | Tree commands |
| 141 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 142 | TIG_TREE_CMD:: |
| 143 | The command used for the tree view. By default, git-ls-tree(1) is |
| 144 | used. The commands should expect first the commit ID and second |
| 145 | a path. |
| 146 | |
| 147 | TIG_BLOB_CMD:: |
| 148 | The command used for the blob view. By default, git-cat-file(1) is |
| 149 | used. The command gets the blob ID. |
| 150 | |
| 151 | FILES |
| 152 | ----- |
| 153 | '~/.tigrc':: |
| 154 | User configuration file. See gitlink:tigrc[5] for examples. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | '$GIT_DIR/config':: |
| 157 | Repository config file. Read on start-up with the help of |
| 158 | git-config(1). |
| 159 | |
| 160 | include::BUGS[] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | COPYRIGHT |
| 163 | --------- |
| 164 | Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> |
| 165 | |
| 166 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
| 167 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
| 168 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
| 169 | (at your option) any later version. |
| 170 | |
| 171 | SEE ALSO |
| 172 | -------- |
| 173 | |
| 174 | gitlink:tigrc[5], git(7), cogito(7), as well as other git repository browsers: |
| 175 | gitk(1), qgit(1), gitview(1). |
| 176 | |
| 177 | Online resources: |
| 178 | |
| 179 | include::SITES[] |