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tig — A configurable `ncurses`-based TUI for Git. See also: `gitui`, `git-gui`. More information: <https:/

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Problem

How to use the tig command: A configurable ncurses-based TUI for Git. See also: gitui, git-gui. More information: <https://jonas.github.io/tig/doc/manual.html>.

Solution

tig — A configurable ncurses-based TUI for Git. See also: gitui, git-gui. More information: <https://jonas.github.io/tig/doc/manual.html>.

Show the sequence of commits starting from the current one in reverse chronological order:

tig

Show the history of a specific branch:

tig {{branch}}

Show the history of specific files or directories:

tig {{path1 path2 ...}}

Show the difference between two references (such as branches or tags):

tig {{base_ref}}..{{compared_ref}}

Browse git blame interactively (press <,> to jump to parent):

tig blame {{path/to/file}}

Display commits from all branches and stashes:

tig --all

Start in stash view, displaying all saved stashes:

tig stash

Display help in TUI:

<h>

Code Snippets

Show the sequence of commits starting from the current one in reverse chronological order

tig

Show the history of a specific branch

tig {{branch}}

Show the history of specific files or directories

tig {{path1 path2 ...}}

Show the difference between two references (such as branches or tags)

tig {{base_ref}}..{{compared_ref}}

Browse git blame interactively (press `<,>` to jump to parent)

tig blame {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/tig

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