gitk - The git repository browser
gitk [<option>...] [<revs>] [--] [<path>...]
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NAME
gitk - The git repository browser
SYNOPSIS
gitk [<option>...] [<revs>] [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
Displays changes in a repository or a selected set of commits. This
includes visualizing the commit graph, showing information related to
each commit, and the files in the trees of each revision.
Historically, gitk was the first repository browser. It's written in
tcl/tk and started off in a separate repository but was later merged
into the main git repository.
OPTIONS
To control which revisions to show, the command takes options
applicable to the git rev-list command (see git-rev-list(1)). This
manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
-n <number>, --max-count=<number>
Limits the number of commits to show.
--since=<date>
Show commits more recent than a specific date.
--until=<date>
Show commits older than a specific date.
--all
Show all branches.
--merge
After an attempt to merge stops with conflicts, show the commits on
the history between two branches (i.e. the HEAD and the MERGE_HEAD)
that modify the conflicted files and do not exist on all the heads
being merged.
--argscmd=<command>
Command to be run each time gitk has to determine the list of
<revs> to show. The command is expected to print on its standard
output a list of additional revs to be shown, one per line. Use
this instead of explicitly specifying <revs> if the set of commits
to show may vary between refreshes.
--select-commit=<ref>
Automatically select the specified commit after loading the graph.
Default behavior is equivalent to specifying --select-commit=HEAD.
<revs>
Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision
meaning show from the given revision and back, or it can be a range
in the form "<from>..<to>" to show all revisions between <from> and
back to <to>. Note, more advanced revision selection can be
applied. For a more complete list of ways to spell object names,
see gitrevisions(5).
<path>...
Limit commits to the ones touching files in the given paths. Note,
to avoid ambiguity with respect to revision names use "--" to
separate the paths from any preceding options.
EXAMPLES
gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi
Show the changes since version v2.6.12 that changed any file in the
include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
gitk --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk
Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file gitk. The
"--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the branch named gitk
gitk --max-count=100 --all -- Makefile
Show at most 100 changes made to the file Makefile. Instead of only
looking for changes in the current branch look in all branches.
FILES
Gitk creates the .gitk file in your $HOME directory to store
preferences such as display options, font, and colors.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | developer/versioning/git |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
SEE ALSO
qgit(1)
A repository browser written in C++ using Qt.
gitview(1)
A repository browser written in Python using Gtk. It's based on
bzrk(1) and distributed in the contrib area of the git repository.
tig(1)
A minimal repository browser and git tool output highlighter
written in C using Ncurses.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://git-
core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://git-scm.com/.
Git 1.7.9.2 02/22/2012 GITK(1)