Documentation/git-gui.txt

   1 git-gui(1)
   2 ==========
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-gui - A portable graphical interface to Git
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'git gui' [<command>] [arguments]
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14 A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git.  'git gui' focuses
  15 on allowing users to make changes to their repository by making
  16 new commits, amending existing ones, creating branches, performing
  17 local merges, and fetching/pushing to remote repositories.
  18
  19 Unlike 'gitk', 'git gui' focuses on commit generation
  20 and single file annotation and does not show project history.
  21 It does however supply menu actions to start a 'gitk' session from
  22 within 'git gui'.
  23
  24 'git gui' is known to work on all popular UNIX systems, Mac OS X,
  25 and Windows (under both Cygwin and MSYS).  To the extent possible
  26 OS specific user interface guidelines are followed, making 'git gui'
  27 a fairly native interface for users.
  28
  29 COMMANDS
  30 --------
  31 blame::
  32         Start a blame viewer on the specified file on the given
  33         version (or working directory if not specified).
  34
  35 browser::
  36         Start a tree browser showing all files in the specified
  37         commit (or 'HEAD' by default).  Files selected through the
  38         browser are opened in the blame viewer.
  39
  40 citool::
  41         Start 'git gui' and arrange to make exactly one commit before
  42         exiting and returning to the shell.  The interface is limited
  43         to only commit actions, slightly reducing the application's
  44         startup time and simplifying the menubar.
  45
  46 version::
  47         Display the currently running version of 'git gui'.
  48
  49
  50 Examples
  51 --------
  52 git gui blame Makefile::
  53
  54         Show the contents of the file 'Makefile' in the current
  55         working directory, and provide annotations for both the
  56         original author of each line, and who moved the line to its
  57         current location.  The uncommitted file is annotated, and
  58         uncommitted changes (if any) are explicitly attributed to
  59         'Not Yet Committed'.
  60
  61 git gui blame v0.99.8 Makefile::
  62
  63         Show the contents of 'Makefile' in revision 'v0.99.8'
  64         and provide annotations for each line.  Unlike the above
  65         example the file is read from the object database and not
  66         the working directory.
  67
  68 git gui blame --line=100 Makefile::
  69
  70         Loads annotations as described above and automatically
  71         scrolls the view to center on line '100'.
  72
  73 git gui citool::
  74
  75         Make one commit and return to the shell when it is complete.
  76         This command returns a non-zero exit code if the window was
  77         closed in any way other than by making a commit.
  78
  79 git gui citool --amend::
  80
  81         Automatically enter the 'Amend Last Commit' mode of
  82         the interface.
  83
  84 git gui citool --nocommit::
  85
  86         Behave as normal citool, but instead of making a commit
  87         simply terminate with a zero exit code. It still checks
  88         that the index does not contain any unmerged entries, so
  89         you can use it as a GUI version of linkgit:git-mergetool[1]
  90
  91 git citool::
  92
  93         Same as `git gui citool` (above).
  94
  95 git gui browser maint::
  96
  97         Show a browser for the tree of the 'maint' branch.  Files
  98         selected in the browser can be viewed with the internal
  99         blame viewer.
 100
 101 SEE ALSO
 102 --------
 103 linkgit:gitk[1]::
 104         The git repository browser.  Shows branches, commit history
 105         and file differences.  gitk is the utility started by
 106         'git gui''s Repository Visualize actions.
 107
 108 Other
 109 -----
 110 'git gui' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable
 111 versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience
 112 of end users.
 113
 114 A 'git gui' development repository can be obtained from:
 115
 116   git clone git://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git
 117
 118 or
 119
 120   git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/git-gui.git
 121
 122 or browsed online at http://repo.or.cz/w/git-gui.git/[].
 123
 124 Author
 125 ------
 126 Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
 127
 128 Documentation
 129 --------------
 130 Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
 131
 132 GIT
 133 ---
 134 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite