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(7).
<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.
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.