1TIG(1) Tig Manual TIG(1)
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6 tig - text-mode interface for Git
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9 tig [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
10 tig log [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
11 tig show [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
12 tig blame [options] [rev] [--] path
13 tig grep [options] [pattern]
14 tig refs
15 tig stash
16 tig status
17 tig < [Git command output]
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21 Tig is an ncurses-based text-mode interface for git(1). It functions
22 mainly as a Git repository browser, but can also assist in staging
23 changes for commit at chunk level and act as a pager for output from
24 various Git commands.
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27 Command line options recognized by Tig include all valid git-log(1) and
28 git-diff(1) options, as well as the following subcommands and
29 Tig-specific options. The first command line parameter not starting
30 with "-" is interpreted as being either a revision specification or a
31 path and will end the option parsing. All additional options will be
32 passed to the underlying Git command.
33 show
35 Open diff view using the given git-show(1) options.
36 blame
38 Show given file annotated by commits. Takes zero or more
39 git-blame(1) options. Optionally limited from given revision.
40 status
42 Start up in status view.
43 log
45 Start up in log view, displaying git-log(1) output.
46 refs
48 Start up in refs view.
49 stash
51 Start up in stash view.
52 grep
54 Open the grep view. Supports the same options as git-grep(1).
55 +<number>
57 Show the first view with line <number> visible and selected.
58 -v, --version
60 Show version and exit.
61 -h, --help
63 Show help message and exit.
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66 Tig enters pager mode when input is provided via stdin and supports the
67 following subcommands and options:
68 · When the show subcommand is specified and the --stdin option is
70 given, stdin is assumed to be a list of commit IDs and will be
71 forwarded to the diff view’s underlying git-show(1) command. For
72 example:
73 $ git rev-list --author=vivien HEAD | tig show --stdin
75 · When --stdin is given, stdin is assumed to be a list of commit IDs
79 and will be forwarded to the main view’s underlying git-log(1)
80 command. For example:
81 $ tig --no-walk --stdin < cherry-picks.txt
83 · When --pretty=raw is given, stdin is assumed to be a "pretty=raw"
87 formatted output similar to that of git-log(1). For example:
88 $ git reflog --pretty=raw | tig --pretty=raw
90 When no subcommands nor options are given, the pager view will be used
93 for displaying the Git command input given on stdin. The pager view
94 assumes the input is either from git-log(1) or git-diff(1) and will
95 highlight it similar to the log and diff views. For example:
96 $ git log -Schange -p --raw | tig
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101 Display the list of commits for the current branch:
102 $ tig
104 Display commits from one or more branches:
107 $ tig test master
109 Pretend as if all the refs in refs/ are listed on the command line:
112 $ tig --all
114 Display differences between two branches:
117 $ tig test..master
119 Display changes for sub-module versions:
122 $ tig --submodule
124 Display changes for a single file:
127 $ tig -- README
129 Display contents of the README file in a specific revision:
132 $ tig show tig-0.8:README
134 Display revisions between two dates for a specific file:
137 $ tig --after="2004-01-01" --before="2006-05-16" -- README
139 Blame file with copy detection enabled:
142 $ tig blame -C README
144 Display the list of stashes:
147 $ tig stash
149 Grep all files for lines containing DEFINE_ENUM:
152 $ tig grep -p DEFINE_ENUM
154 Show references (branches, remotes and tags):
157 $ tig refs
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162 In addition to environment variables used by Git (e.g. GIT_DIR), Tig
163 defines the ones below. The command related environment variables have
164 access to the internal state of Tig via replacement variables, such as
165 %(commit) and %(blob). See tigrc(5) for a full list.
166 TIGRC_USER
168 Path of the user configuration file (defaults to ~/.tigrc or
169 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config).
170 TIGRC_SYSTEM
172 Path of the system wide configuration file (defaults to
173 {sysconfdir}/tigrc). Define to empty string to use built-in
174 configuration.
175 TIG_LS_REMOTE
177 Command for retrieving all repository references. The command
178 should output data in the same format as git-ls-remote(1).
179 TIG_DIFF_OPTS
181 The diff options to use in the diff view. The diff view uses
182 git-show(1) for formatting and always passes --patch-with-stat. You
183 may also set the diff-options setting in the configuration file.
184 TIG_TRACE
186 Path for trace file where information about Git commands are
187 logged.
188 TIG_SCRIPT
190 Path to script that should be executed automatically on startup. If
191 this environment variable is defined to the empty string, the
192 script is read from stdin. The script is interpreted line-by-line
193 and can contain prompt commands and key mappings.
194 TIG_NO_DISPLAY
196 Open Tig without rendering anything to the terminal. This force
197 Ncurses to write to /dev/null. The main use is for automated
198 testing of Tig.
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201 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config, ~/.config/tig/config, ~/.tigrc
202 The Tig user configuration file is loaded in the following way. If
203 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set, read user configuration from
204 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty or
205 undefined, read user configuration from ~/.config/tig/config if it
206 exists and fall back to ~/.tigrc if it does not exist. See tigrc(5)
207 for examples.
208 /etc/tigrc
210 System wide configuration file.
211 $GIT_DIR/config, ~/.gitconfig, /etc/gitconfig
213 Git configuration files. Read on start-up with the help of
214 git-config(1).
215 $XDG_DATA_HOME/tig/history, ~/.local/share/tig/history, ~/.tig_history
217 When compiled with readline support, Tig writes a persistent
218 command and search history. The location of the history file is
219 determined in the following way. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is set and
220 $XDG_DATA_HOME/tig/ exists, store history to
221 $XDG_DATA_HOME/tig/history. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is empty or
222 undefined, store history to ~/.local/share/tig/history if the
223 directory ~/.local/share/tig/ exists, and fall back to
224 ~/.tig_history if it does not exist.
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227 Please visit Tig’s home page[1] or main Git repository[2] for
228 information about new releases and how to report bugs or feature
229 request.
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232 Copyright (c) 2006-2014 Jonas Fonseca <jonas.fonseca@gmail.com[3]>
233 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
235 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
236 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
237 option) any later version.
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240 tigrc(5), tigmanual(7), git(7)
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243 1. home page
244 https://jonas.github.io/tig
245 2. main Git repository
247 https://github.com/jonas/tig
248 3. jonas.fonseca@gmail.com
250 mailto:jonas.fonseca@gmail.com
251Tig 2.4.1 07/26/2018 TIG(1)