1 git-gui(1)
2 ==========
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-gui - A portable graphical interface to Git
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 'git gui' [<command>] [arguments]
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.
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'.
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.
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).
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.
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.
46 version::
47 Display the currently running version of 'git-gui'.
50 Examples
51 --------
52 git gui blame Makefile::
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'.
61 git gui blame v0.99.8 Makefile::
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.
68 git gui citool::
70 Make one commit and return to the shell when it is complete.
72 git citool::
74 Same as `git gui citool` (above).
76 git gui browser maint::
78 Show a browser for the tree of the 'maint' branch. Files
79 selected in the browser can be viewed with the internal
80 blame viewer.
82 SEE ALSO
83 --------
84 linkgit:gitk[1]::
85 The git repository browser. Shows branches, commit history
86 and file differences. gitk is the utility started by
87 'git-gui''s Repository Visualize actions.
89 Other
90 -----
91 'git-gui' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable
92 versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience
93 of end users.
95 A 'git-gui' development repository can be obtained from:
97 git clone git://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git
99 or
101 git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/git-gui.git
103 or browsed online at http://repo.or.cz/w/git-gui.git/[].
105 Author
106 ------
107 Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
109 Documentation
110 --------------
111 Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
113 GIT
114 ---
115 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite