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and log view to indicate from what revision to show history.
Some of the commands used or provided by tig can be configured. This goes for
-the <<external-commands, external commands>>. These user-defined commands can
-use arguments that refer to the current browsing state by using one of the
+some of the <<env-variables, environment variables>> as well as the
+<<external-commands, external commands>>. These user-defined commands can use
+arguments that refer to the current browsing state by using one of the
following variables.
`-----------------------`-----------------------------------------------------
show 500 commits, use:
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-$ TIG_MAIN_CMD="git log --date-order -n500 --pretty=raw %s" tig
+$ TIG_MAIN_CMD="git log --date-order -n500 --pretty=raw %(head)" tig
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Or set the variable permanently in your environment.
-Notice, how `%s` is used to specify the commit reference. There can be a
-maximum of 5 `%s` ref specifications.
+Notice, how `%(head)` is used to specify the commit reference.
--
The command used for the diff view. Defaults to:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
git show --pretty=fuller --no-color --root
- --patch-with-stat --find-copies-harder -C %s
+ --patch-with-stat --find-copies-harder -C %(commit)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIG_LOG_CMD::
author and committer shown in the log view be sure to pass
`\--pretty=fuller` to git log. Defaults to:
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-git log --no-color --cc --stat -n100 %s
+git log --no-color --cc --stat -n100 %(head)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIG_MAIN_CMD::
the option: `\--pretty=raw` since the main view parser expects to
read that format.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-git log --no-color --pretty=raw --parents --topo-order %s
+git log --no-color --pretty=raw --parents --topo-order %(head)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
TIG_TREE_CMD::
- The command used for the tree view. Takes two arguments, the first is
- the revision ID and the second is the path of the directory tree,
- empty for the root directory. Defaults to:
+ The command used for the tree view. Defaults to:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-git ls-tree %s %s
+git ls-tree %(commit) %(directory)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIG_BLOB_CMD::
- The command used for the blob view. Takes one argument which is the
- blob ID. Defaults to:
+ The command used for the blob view. Defaults to:
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-git cat-file blob %s
+git cat-file blob %(blob)
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--
Copyright
---------
-Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
+Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
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