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21 .Nd Git repository browser
32 is an interactive read-only browser for Git repositories.
33 This repository format is described in
34 .Xr git-repository 5 .
37 supports several types of views which display repository data:
40 Displays commits in the repository's history.
41 This view is displayed initially if no
43 is specified, or if just a
47 Displays changes made in a particular commit.
49 Displays the line-by-line history of a file.
51 Displays the tree corresponding to a particular commit.
53 Displays references in the repository.
57 provides global and command-specific key bindings and options.
58 Some command-specific key bindings may be prefixed with an integer, which is
59 denoted by N in the descriptions below, and is used as a modifier to the
60 operation as indicated.
62 will echo digits to the screen when count modifiers are entered, and complete
63 the sequence upon input of the first non-numeric character.
64 Count modifiers can be aborted by entering an unmapped key.
65 Once a compound command is executed, the operation can be cancelled with
70 Global options must precede the command name, and are as follows:
71 .Bl -tag -width tenletters
73 Display usage information.
75 Display program version and exit immediately.
78 The global key bindings are:
81 Display run-time help.
82 Key bindings for the focussed view will be displayed.
83 Pressing this again inside the help view will toggle the display of
91 Quit the view which is in focus.
93 Switch focus between views.
95 Toggle fullscreen mode for a split-screen view.
97 will automatically use vertical split-screen views if the size of the
98 terminal window is sufficiently large.
100 Switch the current split-screen layout, and render all active views in
102 The split-screen layout can be either vertical or horizontal.
103 If the terminal is not wide enough when switching to a vertical split,
104 views will render in fullscreen.
106 When in a split-screen view, decrease the size of the focussed split
107 N increments (default: 1).
109 When in a split-screen view, increase the size of the focussed split
110 N increments (default: 1).
112 Go to line N in the view (default: last line).
114 Go to line N in the view (default: first line).
115 .It Cm Right-arrow, l
116 Scroll view to the right N increments (default: 1).
118 Output moves left on the screen.
120 Scroll view to the left N increments (default: 1).
122 Output moves right on the screen.
124 Scroll view to the rightmost position.
126 Scroll view left to the start of the line.
132 .Bl -tag -width blame
137 .Op Fl r Ar repository-path
140 Display history of a repository.
143 is specified, show only commits which modified this path.
144 If invoked in a work tree, the
146 is interpreted relative to the current working directory,
147 and the work tree's path prefix is implicitly prepended.
148 Otherwise, the path is interpreted relative to the repository root.
150 This command is also executed if no explicit command is specified.
154 are as follows (N denotes optional prefixed count modifier):
156 .It Cm Down-arrow, j, >, Full stop, Ctrl-n
157 Move the selection cursor down N lines (default: 1).
158 .It Cm Up-arrow, k, <, Comma, Ctrl-p
159 Move the selection cursor up N lines (default: 1).
160 .It Cm Page-down, Space, Ctrl+f, f
161 Move the selection cursor down N pages (default: 1).
162 .It Cm Page-up, Ctrl+b, b
163 Move the selection cursor up N pages (default: 1).
165 Move the selection cursor down N half pages (default: 1).
167 Move the selection cursor up N half pages (default: 1).
169 Move the cursor to the newest commit.
171 Move the cursor to the oldest commit.
172 This will traverse all commits on the current branch which may take
173 a long time depending on the number of commits in branch history.
174 If needed, this operation can be cancelled with
179 Move the cursor to commit N (default: 1).
183 but defaults to the oldest commit.
187 view showing file changes made in the currently selected commit.
191 view showing the tree for the currently selected commit.
193 Show log entries for the parent directory of the currently selected path.
194 However when an active search is in progress or when additional commits
197 aborts the running operation.
199 Prompt for a search pattern and start searching for matching commits.
200 The search pattern is an extended regular expression which is matched
201 against a commit's author name, committer name, log message, and
203 Regular expression syntax is documented in
206 Prompt for a pattern and limit the log view's list of commits to those
207 which match the pattern.
208 If no pattern is specified, i.e. the
210 prompt is immediately closed with the Enter key, then the pattern is
212 Until the pattern is cleared, the limited list of commits replaces the
213 full list of commits for all operations supported by the log view.
214 For example, a search started with
216 will search the limited list of commits, rather than searching all commits.
217 The pattern is an extended regular expression which is matched
218 against a commit's author name, committer name, log message, and
220 Regular expression syntax is documented in
223 Find the Nth next commit which matches the current search pattern (default: 1).
225 Searching continues until either a match is found or
231 Find the Nth previous commit which matches the current search pattern
234 Searching continues until either a match is found or
242 view with new commits found in the repository.
246 view and toggle display of merged commits.
249 option determines whether merged commits are displayed initially.
253 view listing all references in the repository.
254 This can then be used to open a new
256 view for arbitrary branches and tags.
258 Toggle between showing the committer name and the author name.
266 Display individual commits which were merged into the current branch
270 shows the linear history of the current branch only.
273 key binding can be used to toggle display of merged commits at run-time.
275 Start traversing history at the specified
277 The expected argument is the name of a branch or a commit ID SHA1 hash.
278 An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash
279 automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique.
280 If this option is not specified, default to the work tree's current branch
281 if invoked in a work tree, or to the repository's HEAD reference.
282 .It Fl r Ar repository-path
283 Use the repository at the specified path.
284 If not specified, assume the repository is located at or above the current
286 If this directory is a
288 work tree, use the repository path associated with this work tree.
294 .Op Fl r Ar repository-path
298 Display the differences between two objects in the repository.
299 Treat each of the two arguments as a reference, a tag name, or an object
300 ID SHA1 hash, and display differences between the corresponding objects.
301 Both objects must be of the same type (blobs, trees, or commits).
302 An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash
303 automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique.
307 are as follows (N denotes optional prefixed count modifier):
310 Toggle treatment of file contents as ASCII text even if binary data was
312 .It Cm Down-arrow, j, Ctrl-n
313 Scroll down N lines (default: 1).
314 .It Cm Up-arrow, k, Ctrl-p
315 Scroll up N lines (default: 1).
316 .It Cm Page-down, Space, Ctrl+f, f
317 Scroll down N pages (default: 1).
318 .It Cm Page-up, Ctrl+b, b
319 Scroll up N pages (default: 1).
321 Scroll down N half pages (default: 1).
323 Scroll up N half pages (default: 1).
325 Scroll to the top of the view.
327 Scroll to the bottom of the view.
329 Scroll to line N (default: 1).
333 but defaults to the last line in the diff.
335 Navigate to the Nth previous file in the diff (default: 1).
337 Navigate to the Nth next file in the diff (default: 1).
339 Navigate to the Nth previous hunk in the diff (default: 1).
341 Navigate to the Nth next hunk in the diff (default: 1).
343 Reduce diff context by N lines (default: 1).
345 Increase diff context by N lines (default: 1).
349 view was opened via the
351 view, move to the Nth previous (younger) commit.
352 If the diff was opened via the
354 view, move to the Nth previous line and load the corresponding commit
356 .It Cm >, Full stop, J
359 view was opened via the
361 view, move to the Nth next (older) commit.
362 If the diff was opened via the
364 view, move to the Nth next line and load the corresponding commit (default: 1).
366 Prompt for a search pattern and start searching for matching lines.
367 The search pattern is an extended regular expression.
368 Regular expression syntax is documented in
371 Find the Nth next line which matches the current search pattern (default: 1).
373 Find the Nth previous line which matches the current search pattern
376 Toggle display of whitespace-only changes.
378 Change the diff algorithm.
379 Supported diff algorithms are Myers (quick and dirty) and
380 Patience (slow and tidy).
381 This is a global setting which also affects the
391 Treat file contents as ASCII text even if binary data is detected.
393 Set the number of context lines shown in the diff.
394 By default, 3 lines of context are shown.
395 .It Fl r Ar repository-path
396 Use the repository at the specified path.
397 If not specified, assume the repository is located at or above the current
399 If this directory is a
401 work tree, use the repository path associated with this work tree.
403 Ignore whitespace-only changes.
408 .Op Fl r Ar repository-path
411 Display line-by-line history of a file at the specified path.
415 are as follows (N denotes optional prefixed count modifier):
417 .It Cm Down-arrow, j, Ctrl-n
418 Move the selection cursor down N pages (default: 1).
419 .It Cm Up-arrow, k, Ctrl-p
420 Move the selection cursor up N pages (default: 1).
421 .It Cm Page-down, Space, Ctrl+f, f
422 Move the selection cursor down N pages (default: 1).
423 .It Cm Page-up, Ctrl+b, b
424 Move the selection cursor up N pages (default: 1).
426 Move the selection cursor down N half pages (default: 1).
428 Move the selection cursor up N half pages (default: 1).
430 Move the selection cursor to the first line of the file.
432 Move the selection cursor to the last line of the file.
434 Move the selection cursor to line N (default: 1).
438 but defaults to the last line in the file.
442 view for the currently selected line's commit.
446 view with the version of the file as found in the currently
447 selected line's commit.
451 view with the version of the file as found in the parent commit of the
452 currently selected line's commit.
456 view with the previously blamed commit.
460 view for the currently selected annotated line.
462 Prompt for a search pattern and start searching for matching lines.
463 The search pattern is an extended regular expression.
464 Regular expression syntax is documented in
467 Find the Nth next line which matches the current search pattern (default: 1).
469 Find the Nth previous line which matches the current search pattern
472 Change the diff algorithm.
473 Supported diff algorithms are Myers (quick and dirty) and
474 Patience (slow and tidy).
475 This is a global setting which also affects the
485 Start traversing history at the specified
487 The expected argument is the name of a branch or a commit ID SHA1 hash.
488 An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash
489 automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique.
490 .It Fl r Ar repository-path
491 Use the repository at the specified path.
492 If not specified, assume the repository is located at or above the current
494 If this directory is a
496 work tree, use the repository path associated with this work tree.
501 .Op Fl r Ar repository-path
504 Display the repository tree.
507 is specified, show tree entries at this path.
509 Displayed tree entries may carry one of the following trailing annotations:
510 .Bl -column YXZ description
511 .It @ Ta entry is a symbolic link
512 .It / Ta entry is a directory
513 .It * Ta entry is an executable file
514 .It $ Ta entry is a Git submodule
517 Symbolic link entries are also annotated with the target path of the link.
521 are as follows (N denotes optional prefixed count modifier):
523 .It Cm Down-arrow, j, Ctrl-n
524 Move the selection cursor down N lines (default: 1).
525 .It Cm Up-arrow, k, Ctrl-p
526 Move the selection cursor up N lines (default: 1).
527 .It Cm Page-down, Space, Ctrl+f, f
528 Move the selection cursor down N pages (default: 1).
529 .It Cm Page-up, Ctrl+b, b
530 Move the selection cursor up N pages (default: 1).
532 Move the selection cursor down N half pages (default: 1).
534 Move the selection cursor up N half pages (default: 1).
536 Move the selection cursor to the first entry.
538 Move the selection cursor to the last entry.
540 Move the selection cursor to entry N (default: 1).
544 but defaults to the last entry.
546 Enter the currently selected directory, or switch to the
548 view for the currently selected file.
552 view for the currently selected tree entry.
556 view listing all references in the repository.
557 This can then be used to open a new
559 view for arbitrary branches and tags.
561 Move back to the Nth parent directory (default: 1).
563 Show object IDs for all objects displayed in the
567 Prompt for a search pattern and start searching for matching tree entries.
568 The search pattern is an extended regular expression which is matched
569 against the tree entry's name.
570 Regular expression syntax is documented in
573 Find the Nth next tree entry which matches the current search pattern
576 Find the Nth previous tree entry which matches the current search pattern
585 Start traversing history at the specified
587 The expected argument is the name of a branch or a commit ID SHA1 hash.
588 An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash
589 automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique.
590 .It Fl r Ar repository-path
591 Use the repository at the specified path.
592 If not specified, assume the repository is located at or above the current
594 If this directory is a
596 work tree, use the repository path associated with this work tree.
598 .It Cm ref Op Fl r Ar repository-path
599 Display references in the repository.
603 are as follows (N denotes optional prefixed count modifier):
605 .It Cm Down-arrow, j, Ctrl-n
606 Move the selection cursor down N lines (default: 1).
607 .It Cm Up-arrow, k, Ctrl-p
608 Move the selection cursor up N lines (default: 1).
609 .It Cm Page-down, Space, Ctrl+f, f
610 Move the selection cursor down N pages (default: 1).
611 .It Cm Page-up, Ctrl+b, b
612 Move the selection cursor up N pages (default: 1).
614 Move the selection cursor down N half pages (default: 1).
616 Move the selection cursor up N half pages (default: 1).
618 Move the selection cursor to the first reference.
620 Move the selection cursor to the last reference.
622 Move the selection cursor to reference N (default: 1).
626 but defaults to the last reference.
630 view which begins traversing history at the commit resolved via the
631 currently selected reference.
635 view showing the tree resolved via the currently selected reference.
637 Show object IDs for all non-symbolic references displayed in the
641 Show last modified date of each displayed reference.
643 Toggle display order of references between sort by name and sort by timestamp.
645 Prompt for a search pattern and start searching for matching references.
646 The search pattern is an extended regular expression which is matched
647 against absolute reference names.
648 Regular expression syntax is documented in
651 Find the Nth next reference which matches the current search pattern
654 Find the Nth previous reference which matches the current search pattern
657 Reload the list of references displayed by the
666 .It Fl r Ar repository-path
667 Use the repository at the specified path.
668 If not specified, assume the repository is located at or above the current
670 If this directory is a
672 work tree, use the repository path associated with this work tree.
676 .Bl -tag -width TOG_VIEW_SPLIT_MODE
679 shows colorized output if this variable is set to a non-empty value.
680 The default color scheme can be modified by setting the environment
681 variables documented below.
682 The colors available in color schemes are
692 which maps to the terminal's default foreground color.
693 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_AUTHOR
694 The color used to mark up author information.
695 If not set, the default value
698 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_COMMIT
699 The color used to mark up commit IDs.
700 If not set, the default value
703 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_DATE
704 The color used to mark up date information.
705 If not set, the default value
708 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_DIFF_CHUNK_HEADER
709 The color used to mark up chunk header lines in diffs.
710 If not set, the default value
713 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_DIFF_META
714 The color used to mark up meta data in diffs.
715 If not set, the default value
718 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_DIFF_MINUS
719 The color used to mark up removed lines in diffs.
720 If not set, the default value
723 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_DIFF_PLUS
724 The color used to mark up added lines in diffs.
725 If not set, the default value
728 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_REFS_BACKUP
729 The color used to mark up references in the
732 If not set, the default value
735 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_REFS_HEADS
736 The color used to mark up references in the
739 If not set, the default value
742 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_REFS_REMOTES
743 The color used to mark up references in the
746 If not set, the default value
749 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_REFS_TAGS
750 The color used to mark up references in the
753 If not set, the default value
756 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_TREE_DIRECTORY
757 The color used to mark up directory tree entries.
758 If not set, the default value
761 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_TREE_EXECUTABLE
762 The color used to mark up executable file tree entries.
763 If not set, the default value
766 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_TREE_SUBMODULE
767 The color used to mark up submodule tree entries.
768 If not set, the default value
771 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_TREE_SYMLINK
772 The color used to mark up symbolic link tree entries.
773 If not set, the default value
776 .It Ev TOG_DIFF_ALGORITHM
777 Determines the default diff algorithm used by
779 Supported diff algorithms are Myers (quick and dirty) and
780 Patience (slow and tidy).
782 .Ev TOG_DIFF_ALGORITHM
787 If unset, the Myers diff algorithm will be used by default.
788 .It Ev TOG_VIEW_SPLIT_MODE
789 Determines the default layout of split-screen views.
795 will use horizontal split by default.
796 Otherwise, vertical split will be used.
799 key can be used to switch between vertical and horizontal split layout
806 .Xr git-repository 5 ,
809 .An Christian Weisgerber Aq Mt naddy@openbsd.org
810 .An Josh Rickmar Aq Mt jrick@zettaport.com
811 .An Joshua Stein Aq Mt jcs@openbsd.org
812 .An Mark Jamsek Aq Mt mark@jamsek.dev
813 .An Martin Pieuchot Aq Mt mpi@openbsd.org
814 .An Omar Polo Aq Mt op@openbsd.org
815 .An Stefan Sperling Aq Mt stsp@openbsd.org
816 .An Klemens Nanni Aq Mt kn@openbsd.org