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NAME

       git-cola - A highly caffeinated git GUI

SYNOPSIS

       git cola [options]

DESCRIPTION

       git-cola is a powerful git GUI written in Python. It has many unique features that make git's advanced features simple and accessible.

       See below for a full list of options and usage information.

OPTIONS

       --classic
	   Launch the standalone cola classic tool.

       -g, --git-path
	   Specifies the path to the git binary.

       --prompt
	   Prompt for a git repository instead of auto-detecting it in the current directory.

       -r, --repo=<path>
	   Run git-cola on the git repository in <path>. Defaults to the current directory.

       -s, --style=<style>
	   Launch git-cola with a different stylesheet.

       -v, --version
	   Print the git-cola version and exit.

GUI STYLES

       git-cola ships with an alternate "dark" stylesheet. Specify --style=dark or provide an external stylesheet with --style=PATH.

CONFIG VARIABLES

       cola.savewindowsettings
	   Whether git-cola should remember its window settings.

       cola.fontdiff
	   Specifies the font to use for git-cola's diff display.

       cola.classicdockable
	   Whether to create a dock widget with the Cola Classic tool. Defaults to false to speedup startup time.

       gui.diffcontext
	   The number of diff context lines used and displayed by git-cola

       gui.editor
	   The default text editor is controlled by gui.editor. The config variable overrides the EDITOR environment variable.

       gui.historybrowser
	   Specifies the history browser to use when visualizing history.

       diff.tool
	   The default diff tool to use.

       merge.tool
	   The default merge tool to use.

       user.email
	   Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. Can be overridden by the GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL, and
	   EMAIL environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].

       user.name
	   Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits. Can be overridden by the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_NAME environment
	   variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
       See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       EDITOR
	   Specifies the default editor to use. This is ignored when the git config variable gui.editor is defined.

       GIT_PYTHON_TRACE
	   When defined, prints git commands and status to the terminal. Print more information when set to the value full.

       GIT_COLA_TRACE
	   When defined, git-cola outputs the git commands it executes into the Command Output log viewer.

SOURCE

       A git-cola development repository can be obtained via git:

	   git clone git://github.com/davvid/git-cola.git

GUI THEMES

       git-cola ships with an alternative stylesheet called dark. You can use this stylesheet by running git cola --style=dark.

       You can also skin git-cola by providing your own Qt stylesheet. E.g. git cola --style=/path/to/style.qss.

       Built-in styles can be found in /usr/share/git-cola/styles.

LINKS

       git-cola homepage
	   http://cola.tuxfamily.org/

       git-cola sources on github
	   http://github.com/davvid/git-cola

SEE ALSO

       linkgit:git-difftool[1]
	   Compare changes using common merge tools.

       linkgit:gitk[1]
	   The git repository browser. Shows branches, commit history and file differences. gitk is the utility started by git-cola's Repository
	   Visualize actions.

GIT

       git-cola is independently developed from the linkgit:git[7] suite, but you can use it just like any other git command, e.g. git cola.

AUTHOR

       Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com[1]>.

NOTES

	1. davvid@gmail.com
	   mailto:davvid@gmail.com

Git								    09/01/2011							       GIT-COLA(1)