$ make install
Tig is a git repository browser that additionally can act as a pager for output of various git commands.
When browsing repositories, it uses the underlying git commands to present the user with various views, such as summarized commit log and showing the commit with the log message, diffstat, and the diff.
Using it as a pager, it will display input from stdin and try to colorize it.
To get tig either grab the Makefile and tig.c files from the home page:
or clone the tig repository using the URL:
Documentation files are available either at the home page or in the above repository in the branch named release.
To install tig simply run:
$ make install
To install documentation run:
$ make install-docs
The following tools and packages are needed:
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| git-core | Tig is just a frontend for git. |
| ncurses | Be sure to also have development files installed. Usually they are available in a |
| separate package ending with -dev. | |
| asciidoc (>= 7.0), xmlto | For building documentation. (Optional) |
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Note
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You need to install the tig(1) man page in order for the internal help to be available. |