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git cola — A powerful Git GUI with a slick and intuitive user interface. More information: <https://git-cola.re

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Problem

How to use the git cola command: A powerful Git GUI with a slick and intuitive user interface. More information: <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html>.

Solution

git cola — A powerful Git GUI with a slick and intuitive user interface. More information: <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html>.

Start the GUI:

git cola

Start the GUI in amend mode:

git cola --amend

Prompt for a Git repository. Defaults to the current directory:

git cola --prompt

Open the Git repository at mentioned path:

git cola {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/git-repository}}

Apply the path filter to the status widget:

git cola {{[-s|--status-filter]}} {{filter}}

Code Snippets

Start the GUI

git cola

Start the GUI in amend mode

git cola --amend

Prompt for a Git repository. Defaults to the current directory

git cola --prompt

Open the Git repository at mentioned path

git cola {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/git-repository}}

Apply the path filter to the status widget

git cola {{[-s|--status-filter]}} {{filter}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git cola

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