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Finally, it supports some +gitk-specific options. + +gitk generally only understands options with arguments in the +'sticked' form (see linkgit:gitcli[7]) due to limitations in the +command-line parser. + +rev-list options and arguments +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This manual page describes only the most frequently used options. See +linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list. + +--all:: + + Show all refs (branches, tags, etc.). + +--branches[=<pattern>]:: +--tags[=<pattern>]:: +--remotes[=<pattern>]:: + + Pretend as if all the branches (tags, remote branches, resp.) + are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' + is given, limit refs to ones matching given shell glob. If + pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}', or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the + end is implied. + +--since=<date>:: + + Show commits more recent than a specific date. + +--until=<date>:: + + Show commits older than a specific date. + +--date-order:: + + Sort commits by date when possible. + +--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. + +--left-right:: + + Mark which side of a symmetric difference a commit is reachable + from. Commits from the left side are prefixed with a `<` + symbol and those from the right with a `>` symbol. + +--full-history:: + + When filtering history with '<path>...', does not prune some + history. (See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] + for a more detailed explanation.) + +--simplify-merges:: + + Additional option to `--full-history` to remove some needless + merges from the resulting history, as there are no selected + commits contributing to this merge. (See "History + simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more detailed + explanation.) + +--ancestry-path:: + + When given a range of commits to display + (e.g. 'commit1..commit2' or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only + display commits that exist directly on the ancestry chain + between the 'commit1' and 'commit2', i.e. commits that are + both descendants of 'commit1', and ancestors of 'commit2'. + (See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more + detailed explanation.) + +-L<start>,<end>:<file>:: +-L:<funcname>:<file>:: + + Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>" + (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may + not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to + a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only + give zero or one positive revision arguments. + You can specify this option more than once. ++ +*Note:* gitk (unlike linkgit:git-log[1]) currently only understands +this option if you specify it "glued together" with its argument. Do +*not* put a space after `-L`. ++ +include::line-range-format.txt[] + +<revision range>:: + + 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 + linkgit: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. + +gitk-specific options +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +--argscmd=<command>:: + + Command to be run each time gitk has to determine the revision + range to show. The command is expected to print on its + standard output a list of additional revisions to be shown, + one per line. Use this instead of explicitly specifying a + '<revision range>' if the set of commits to show may vary + between refreshes. + +--select-commit=<ref>:: + + Select the specified commit after loading the graph. + Default behavior is equivalent to specifying '--select-commit=HEAD'. + +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 +----- +User configuration and preferences are stored at: + +* `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk` if it exists, otherwise +* `$HOME/.gitk` if it exists + +If neither of the above exist then `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk` is created and +used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to +`$HOME/.config` in all cases. + +History +------- +Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in +tcl/tk. + +'gitk' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable +versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience +of end users. + +gitk-git/ comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project: + + git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk + +SEE ALSO +-------- +'qgit(1)':: + A repository browser written in C++ using Qt. + +'tig(1)':: + A minimal repository browser and Git tool output highlighter written + in C using Ncurses. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |