TIG(1) Tig Manual TIG(1)
NAME
tig - text-mode interface for git
SYNOPSIS
tig [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
tig show [options] [revisions] [--] [paths]
tig blame [options] [rev] [--] path
tig status
tig < [git command output]
DESCRIPTION
Browse changes in a git repository. Additionally, tig(1) can also act as a pager for output of various git commands.
When browsing repositories, tig(1) 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 tig(1) as a pager, it will display input from stdin and try to colorize it.
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 following options will be passed untouched 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.
+<number>
Show the first view with line <number> visible and selected.
-v, --version
Show version and exit.
-h, --help
Show help message and exit.
EXAMPLES
Display the current branch:
$ tig
Display one or more specific branches:
$ tig test master
Display all branches:
$ tig --all
Display differences between two branches:
$ tig test..master
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
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).
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,
--find-copies-harder, and -C.
TIG_TRACE
Path for trace file where information about git commands are logged.
FILES
~/.tigrc
User configuration file. See tigrc(5) for examples.
/etc/tigrc
System wide configuration file.
$GIT_DIR/config, '~/.gitconfig, '/etc/etc/gitconfig
Git configuration files. Read on start-up with the help of git-config(1).
BUGS
Bugs and feature requests can be reported using the issue tracker at https://github.com/jonas/tig/issues or by mail to either the git
mailing list or directly to the maintainer. Ensure that the word "tig" is in the subject.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk[1]>
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), gitk(1)
Online resources:
o Homepage: http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/
o Manual: http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/manual.html
o Tarballs: http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/releases/
o Git URL: git://github.com/jonas/tig.git (master) or git://repo.or.cz/tig.git (mirror)
o Gitweb: http://repo.or.cz/w/tig.git
NOTES
1. fonseca@diku.dk
mailto:fonseca@diku.dk
Tig 1.0 07/15/2012 TIG(1)