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 [verse]
  11 'git gui' [<command>] [arguments]
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git.  'git gui' focuses
  16 on allowing users to make changes to their repository by making
  17 new commits, amending existing ones, creating branches, performing
  18 local merges, and fetching/pushing to remote repositories.
  19
  20 Unlike 'gitk', 'git gui' focuses on commit generation
  21 and single file annotation and does not show project history.
  22 It does however supply menu actions to start a 'gitk' session from
  23 within 'git gui'.
  24
  25 'git gui' is known to work on all popular UNIX systems, Mac OS X,
  26 and Windows (under both Cygwin and MSYS).  To the extent possible
  27 OS specific user interface guidelines are followed, making 'git gui'
  28 a fairly native interface for users.
  29
  30 COMMANDS
  31 --------
  32 blame::
  33         Start a blame viewer on the specified file on the given
  34         version (or working directory if not specified).
  35
  36 browser::
  37         Start a tree browser showing all files in the specified
  38         commit.  Files selected through the
  39         browser are opened in the blame viewer.
  40
  41 citool::
  42         Start 'git gui' and arrange to make exactly one commit before
  43         exiting and returning to the shell.  The interface is limited
  44         to only commit actions, slightly reducing the application's
  45         startup time and simplifying the menubar.
  46
  47 version::
  48         Display the currently running version of 'git gui'.
  49
  50
  51 Examples
  52 --------
  53 `git gui blame Makefile`::
  54
  55         Show the contents of the file 'Makefile' in the current
  56         working directory, and provide annotations for both the
  57         original author of each line, and who moved the line to its
  58         current location.  The uncommitted file is annotated, and
  59         uncommitted changes (if any) are explicitly attributed to
  60         'Not Yet Committed'.
  61
  62 `git gui blame v0.99.8 Makefile`::
  63
  64         Show the contents of 'Makefile' in revision 'v0.99.8'
  65         and provide annotations for each line.  Unlike the above
  66         example the file is read from the object database and not
  67         the working directory.
  68
  69 `git gui blame --line=100 Makefile`::
  70
  71         Loads annotations as described above and automatically
  72         scrolls the view to center on line '100'.
  73
  74 `git gui citool`::
  75
  76         Make one commit and return to the shell when it is complete.
  77         This command returns a non-zero exit code if the window was
  78         closed in any way other than by making a commit.
  79
  80 `git gui citool --amend`::
  81
  82         Automatically enter the 'Amend Last Commit' mode of
  83         the interface.
  84
  85 `git gui citool --nocommit`::
  86
  87         Behave as normal citool, but instead of making a commit
  88         simply terminate with a zero exit code. It still checks
  89         that the index does not contain any unmerged entries, so
  90         you can use it as a GUI version of linkgit:git-mergetool[1]
  91
  92 `git citool`::
  93
  94         Same as `git gui citool` (above).
  95
  96 `git gui browser maint`::
  97
  98         Show a browser for the tree of the 'maint' branch.  Files
  99         selected in the browser can be viewed with the internal
 100         blame viewer.
 101
 102 SEE ALSO
 103 --------
 104 linkgit:gitk[1]::
 105         The Git repository browser.  Shows branches, commit history
 106         and file differences.  gitk is the utility started by
 107         'git gui''s Repository Visualize actions.
 108
 109 Other
 110 -----
 111 'git gui' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable
 112 versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience
 113 of end users.
 114
 115 The official repository of the 'git gui' project can be found at:
 116
 117   https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui.git/
 118
 119 GIT
 120 ---
 121 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite