cheatsheets/tig.md

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Tig	Git	2017/sheet	2022-12-08	-3

Installing

# MacOS + Homebrew
$ brew install tig --HEAD

# Ubuntu
$ sudo apt install tig

Invocation

Command	Description
tig	Logs
---	---
tig status	Status
tig blame FILE	Blame
---	---
tig master	Show a branch
tig test..master	Show difference between two branches
tig FILE	Show history of file
tig v0.0.3:README	Show contents of file in a specific revision
tig -C /repo/path	Run in dir /repo/path (like git -C)

You can substitute git log → tig.

Shortcut keys

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Switching views

Shortcut	Description
m	Main view
d	Diff
t	Tree (files)
b	Blame
s	Status
c	Stage
y	Stash
g	Grep
h	Help
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All views

Shortcut	Description
<enter>	Enter and open selected line
<	Back to previous view state
<tab>	Move focus to next view
R	Refresh
q	Close view
Q	Close all (quit)
,	Parent commit
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Cursor navigation

Shortcut	Description
/	Search
?	Search backwards
j k	Up/down
J K	Next/previous
<space>	Page down
-	Page up
^D	Half page down
^U	Half page up
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Option toggles

Shortcut	Description
I	Toggle sort order modes
i	Change sort header
D	Toggle date display modes
A	Toggle author display modes
#	Toggle line numbers
~	Toggle line graphics
F	Toggle file names
W	Toggle ignore space
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m - Main view

Shortcut	Description
X	Toggle commit sha
C	Cherry pick a commit
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s - Status view

Shortcut	Description
u	Stage/unstage file or chunk
!	Revert file or chunk
C	Commit
M	Merge with external tool
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c - Stage view

Shortcut	Description
u	Stage/unstage file or chunk
!	Revert file or chunk
1	Stage line
\	Split current diff hunk
[ ]	Increase/decrease the diff context
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d - Diff view

Shortcut	Description
[ ]	Increase/decrease the diff context
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y - Stash view

Shortcut	Description
A	Apply selected stash
P	Pop selected stash
!	Drop selected stash
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