Tig - console GUI for Git

I have never been a gitk fan and rarely used it, preferring console and tuned aliases. Thanks to the grossws habrauser , I discovered tig . This is what I missed. After a month of using it at work, I want to share the find with you.

Tig is a console GUI (TUI) for Git, based on Ncurses .
Main advantages:

• amazing speed, 20,000 commits are ready for viewing in a quarter of a second
• cantilevered
• management in vim style

Screenshots of the main modes and comparison with gitk.

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/jonas/tig.git cd tig make prefix=/usr sudo make install prefix=/usr 

I do not recommend Bubuntovodam to install tig via apt-get , since version 1.0 is in the repository, which contains several bugs that are currently (v1.2.1) fixed.
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One of the most obvious reasons for using a Tig is using the keyboard only. You make less movements of the keyboard-mouse, the elbow on the right sleeve will last longer :)

Shortcuts in descending order:

• h - help, a list of all commands
• q - exit from active view
• / - search (for example, by commit name or by author)
• n - next search result
• N - previous search result

History view ( m )

The default tig runs in the commit history view. This is git log, a bit decorated with ASCII-art (no more than necessary).

Diff view ( d )

The mode that I use most often. I use it when I need to find and check one specific commit.

• j , k or arrows - moving
• Enter - scrolling
• ] and [ - increase / decrease context diff
• B - blame
• e - open the file in Vim, the cursor will be there where diff

Log view ( l )

I use it when I want to get an overall picture of the latest commits.

Status view ( S )

I would call this mode interesting git add. Shortcut u is used to add / delete files to the index (stage).

Branch view ( H )

View branches with the fact that for each git log is immediately visible. To quickly switch to a branch, use shortcut C.

Stash view ( y )

View all stash

• j , k or arrows - moving
• Enter - view content
• P stash pop (apply change from stack)

Good commits;)