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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 reflog [options] [revisions]
13 tig blame [options] [rev] [--] path
14 tig grep [options] [pattern]
15 tig refs [options]
16 tig stash [options]
17 tig status
18 tig < [Git command output]
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22 Tig is an ncurses-based text-mode interface for git(1). It functions
23 mainly as a Git repository browser, but can also assist in staging
24 changes for commit at chunk level and act as a pager for output from
25 various Git commands.
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28 Command line options recognized by Tig include all valid git-log(1) and
29 git-diff(1) options, as well as the following subcommands and
30 Tig-specific options. The first command line parameter not starting
31 with "-" is interpreted as being either a revision specification or a
32 path and will end the option parsing. All additional options will be
33 passed to the underlying Git command.
34 show
36 Open diff view using the given git-show(1) options.
37 blame
39 Show given file annotated by commits. Takes zero or more
40 git-blame(1) options. Optionally limited from given revision.
41 status
43 Start up in status view.
44 log
46 Start up in log view, displaying git-log(1) output.
47 reflog
49 Start up in reflog view.
50 refs
52 Start up in refs view. All refs are displayed unless limited by
53 using one of the --branches, --remotes, or --tags parameters.
54 stash
56 Start up in stash view.
57 grep
59 Open the grep view. Supports the same options as git-grep(1).
60 +<number>
62 Show the first view with line <number> visible and selected.
63 -v, --version
65 Show version and exit.
66 -h, --help
68 Show help message and exit.
69 -C <path>
71 Run as if Tig was started in <path> instead of the current working
72 directory.
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75 Tig enters pager mode when input is provided via stdin and supports the
76 following subcommands and options:
77 • When the show subcommand is specified and the --stdin option is
79 given, stdin is assumed to be a list of commit IDs and will be
80 forwarded to the diff view’s underlying git-show(1) command. For
81 example:
82 $ git rev-list --author=vivien HEAD | tig show --stdin
84 • When --stdin is given, stdin is assumed to be a list of commit IDs
88 and will be forwarded to the main view’s underlying git-log(1)
89 command. For example:
90 $ tig --no-walk --stdin < cherry-picks.txt
92 • When --pretty=raw is given, stdin is assumed to be a "pretty=raw"
96 formatted output similar to that of git-log(1). For example:
97 $ git reflog --pretty=raw | tig --pretty=raw
99 When no subcommands nor options are given, the pager view will be used
102 for displaying the Git command input given on stdin. The pager view
103 assumes the input is either from git-log(1) or git-diff(1) and will
104 highlight it similar to the log and diff views. For example:
105 $ git log -Schange -p --raw | tig
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110 Display the list of commits for the current branch:
111 $ tig
113 Display commits from one or more branches:
116 $ tig test master
118 Pretend as if all the refs in refs/ are listed on the command line:
121 $ tig --all
123 Display differences between two branches:
126 $ tig test..master
128 Display changes for sub-module versions:
131 $ tig --submodule
133 Display changes for a single file:
136 $ tig -- README
138 Display contents of the README file in a specific revision:
141 $ tig show tig-0.8:README
143 Display revisions between two dates for a specific file:
146 $ tig --after="2004-01-01" --before="2006-05-16" -- README
148 Blame file with copy detection enabled:
151 $ tig blame -C README
153 Display the list of stashes:
156 $ tig stash
158 Grep all files for lines containing DEFINE_ENUM:
161 $ tig grep -p DEFINE_ENUM
163 Show references (branches, remotes and tags):
166 $ tig refs
168 Use word diff in the diff view:
171 $ tig --word-diff=plain
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176 In addition to environment variables used by Git (e.g. GIT_DIR), Tig
177 defines the ones below. The command related environment variables have
178 access to the internal state of Tig via replacement variables, such as
179 %(commit) and %(blob). See tigrc(5) for a full list.
180 TIGRC_USER
182 Path of the user configuration file (defaults to ~/.tigrc or
183 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config).
184 TIGRC_SYSTEM
186 Path of the system wide configuration file (defaults to
187 {sysconfdir}/tigrc). Define to empty string to use built-in
188 configuration.
189 TIG_LS_REMOTE
191 Command for retrieving all repository references. The command
192 should output data in the same format as git-ls-remote(1).
193 TIG_DIFF_OPTS
195 The diff options to use in the diff view. The diff view uses
196 git-show(1) for formatting and always passes --patch-with-stat. You
197 may also set the diff-options setting in the configuration file.
198 TIG_TRACE
200 Path for trace file where information about Git commands are
201 logged.
202 TIG_SCRIPT
204 Path to script that should be executed automatically on startup. If
205 this environment variable is defined to the empty string, the
206 script is read from stdin. The script is interpreted line-by-line
207 and can contain prompt commands and key mappings.
208 E.g. TIG_SCRIPT=<(echo :set main-view-commit-title-graph = no) tig
210 TIG_NO_DISPLAY
212 Open Tig without rendering anything to the terminal. This force
213 Ncurses to write to /dev/null. The main use is for automated
214 testing of Tig.
215 TIG_EDITOR
217 The editor command to use when visiting files. This environment
218 variable overrides $GIT_EDITOR, $EDITOR and $VISUAL, so it allows
219 to use a different editor from the one Git uses.
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222 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config, ~/.config/tig/config, ~/.tigrc
223 The Tig user configuration file is loaded in the following way. If
224 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set, read user configuration from
225 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tig/config. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty or
226 undefined, read user configuration from ~/.config/tig/config if it
227 exists and fall back to ~/.tigrc if it does not exist. See tigrc(5)
228 for examples.
229 /etc/tigrc
231 System wide configuration file.
232 $GIT_DIR/config, ~/.gitconfig, /etc/gitconfig
234 Git configuration files. Read on start-up with the help of
235 git-config(1).
236 $XDG_DATA_HOME/tig/history, ~/.local/share/tig/history, ~/.tig_history
238 When compiled with readline support, Tig writes a persistent
239 command and search history. The location of the history file is
240 determined in the following way. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is set and
241 $XDG_DATA_HOME/ exists, create $XDG_DATA_HOME/tig/ if needed and
242 store history to $XDG_DATA_HOME/tig/history. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is
243 empty or undefined, store history to ~/.local/share/tig/history if
244 the directory ~/.local/share/tig/ exists, and fall back to
245 ~/.tig_history if it does not exist.
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248 Please visit Tig’s home page[1] or main Git repository[2] for
249 information about new releases and how to report bugs or feature
250 request.
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253 Copyright (c) 2006-2022 Jonas Fonseca <jonas.fonseca@gmail.com[3]>
254 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
256 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
257 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
258 option) any later version.
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261 tigrc(5), tigmanual(7), git(7)
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264 1. home page
265 https://jonas.github.io/tig
266 2. main Git repository
268 https://github.com/jonas/tig
269 3. jonas.fonseca@gmail.com
271 mailto:jonas.fonseca@gmail.com
272Tig 2.5.7 08/25/2022 TIG(1)