tig(1)
NAME
tig - text-mode interface for Git
SYNOPSIS
tig [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
tig log [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
tig show [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
tig blame [options] [rev] [--] path
tig grep [options] [pattern]
tig refs
tig stash
tig status
tig < [Git command output]
DESCRIPTION
Tig is an ncurses-based text-mode interface for git(1). It functions
mainly as a Git repository browser, but can also assist in staging
changes for commit at chunk level and act as a pager for output from
various Git commands.
OPTIONS
Command line options recognized by Tig include all valid git-log(1) and
git-diff(1) options, as well as the following subcommands and Tig
specific options. The first command line parameter not starting with
"-" is interpreted as being either a revision specification or a path
and will end the option parsing. All additional options will be passed
to the underlying Git command.
show
Open diff view using the given git-show(1) options.
blame
Show given file annotated by commits. Takes zero or more
git-blame(1) options. Optionally limited from given revision.
status
Start up in status view.
log
Start up in log view, displaying git-log(1) output.
refs
Start up in refs view.
stash
Start up in stash view.
grep
Open the grep view. Supports the same options as git-grep(1).
+<number>
Show the first view with line <number> visible and selected.
-v, --version
Show version and exit.
-h, --help
Show help message and exit.
PAGER MODE
Tig enters pager mode when input is provided via stdin and supports the
following subcommands and options:
* When the show subcommand is specified and the --stdin option is
given, stdin is assumed to be a list of commit IDs and will be
forwarded to the diff view's underlying git-show(1) command. For
example:
$ git rev-list --author=vivien HEAD | tig show --stdin
* When --stdin is given, stdin is assumed to be a list of commit IDs
and will be forwarded to the main view's underlying git-log(1)
command. For example:
$ tig --no-walk --stdin < cherry-picks.txt
* When --pretty=raw is given, stdin is assumed to be a "pretty=raw"
formatted output similar to that of git-log(1). For example:
$ git reflog --pretty=raw | tig --pretty=raw
When no subcommands nor options are given, the pager view will be used
for displaying the Git command input given on stdin. The pager view
assumes the input is either from git-log(1) or git-diff(1) and will
highlight it similar to the log and diff views. For example:
$ git log -Schange -p --raw | tig
EXAMPLES
Display the list of commits for the current branch:
$ tig
Display commits from one or more branches:
$ tig test master
Display all branches:
$ tig --all
Display differences between two branches:
$ tig test..master
Display changes for sub-module versions:
$ tig --submodule
Display changes for a single file:
$ tig -- README
Display contents of the README file in a specific revision:
$ tig show tig-0.8:README
Display revisions between two dates for a specific file:
$ tig --after="2004-01-01" --before="2006-05-16" -- README
Blame file with copy detection enabled:
$ tig blame -C README
Display the list of stashes:
$ tig stash
Grep all files for lines containing DEFINE_ENUM:
$ tig grep -p DEFINE_ENUM
Show references (branches, remotes and tags):
$ tig refs
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
In addition to environment variables used by Git (e.g. GIT_DIR), Tig
defines the ones below. The command related environment variables have
access to the internal state of Tig via replacement variables, such as
%(commit) and %(blob). See tigrc(5) for a full list.
TIGRC_USER
Path of the user configuration file (defaults to ~/.tigrc).
TIGRC_SYSTEM
Path of the system wide configuration file (defaults to
{sysconfdir}/tigrc). Define to empty string to use built-in
configuration.
TIG_LS_REMOTE
Set command for retrieving all repository references. The command
should output data in the same format as git-ls-remote(1).
TIG_DIFF_OPTS
The diff options to use in the diff view. The diff view uses
git-show(1) for formatting and always passes --patch-with-stat. You
may also set the diff-options setting in the configuration file.
TIG_TRACE
Path for trace file where information about Git commands are
logged.
TIG_SCRIPT
Path to script that should be executed automatically on startup. If
this environment variable is defined to the empty string, the
script is read from stdin. The script is interpreted line-by-line
and can contain prompt commands and key mappings.
TIG_NO_DISPLAY
Open Tig without rendering anything to the terminal. This force
Ncurses to write to /dev/null. The main use is for automated
testing of Tig.
FILES
'$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config, ~/.config/tig/config, ~/.tigrc
The Tig user configuration file is loaded in the following way. If
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set, read user configuration from
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty or
undefined, read user configuration from ~/.config/tig/config if it
exists and fall back to ~/.tigrc if it does not exist. See tigrc(5)
for examples.
/etc/tigrc
System wide configuration file.
$GIT_DIR/config, '~/.gitconfig, '/etc/gitconfig
Git configuration files. Read on start-up with the help of
git-config(1).
BUGS
Please visit Tig's home page[1] or main Git repository[2] for
information about new releases and how to report bugs or feature
request.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2014 Jonas Fonseca <jonas.fonseca@gmail.com[3]>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
SEE ALSO
tigrc(5), tigmanual(7), git(7)
NOTES
1. home page
http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig
2. main Git repository
https://github.com/jonas/tig
3. jonas.fonseca@gmail.com
mailto:jonas.fonseca@gmail.com
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