SYNOPSIS
git cola [options] [sub-command]
DESCRIPTION
git-cola is a sleek and powerful git GUI written in Python. See below for a full list of options and usage information.
OPTIONS
- -g
- --git-path
-
Specifies the path to the git binary.
- --prompt
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Prompt for a git repository instead of using the current directory.
- -r
- --repo=<path>
-
Run git-cola on the git repository in <path>. Defaults to the current directory.
- -v
- --version
-
Print the git-cola version and exit.
SUB-COMMANDS
- branch
-
Launch the branch tool.
- browse
-
Launch the browser tool.
- fetch
-
Launch the fetch tool.
- pull
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Launch the pull tool.
- push
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Launch the push tool.
- search
-
Launch the search tool.
- stash
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Launch the stash tool.
- tag
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Launch the tag tool.
CONFIG VARIABLES
- cola.savewindowsettings
-
Whether git-cola should remember its window settings.
- cola.fontdiff
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Specifies the font to use for git-cola's diff display.
- cola.browserdockable
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Whether to create a dock widget with the Browser tool. Defaults to false to speedup startup time.
- gui.diffcontext
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The number of diff context lines used and displayed by git-cola
- gui.editor
-
The default text editor is controlled by gui.editor. The config variable overrides the EDITOR environment variable.
- gui.historybrowser
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Specifies the history browser to use when visualizing history.
- diff.tool
-
The default diff tool to use.
- merge.tool
-
The default merge tool to use.
- user.email
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Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. Can be overridden by the GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL, and EMAIL environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
- user.name
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Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits. Can be overridden by the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_NAME environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
- EDITOR
-
Specifies the default editor to use. This is ignored when the git config variable gui.editor is defined.
- GIT_COLA_TRACE
-
When defined, git-cola logs git commands to stdout. When set to full, git-cola also logs the exit status and output. When set to trace, git-cola logs to the Console widget.
SOURCE
A git-cola development repository can be obtained via git:
git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git
LINKS
- git-cola homepage
- git-cola sources on github
SEE ALSO
- linkgit:git-difftool[1]
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Compare changes using common merge tools.
- linkgit:gitk[1]
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The git repository browser. Shows branches, commit history and file differences. gitk is the utility started by git-cola's Repository Visualize actions.
GIT
git-cola is independently developed from the linkgit:git[7] suite, but you can use it just like any other git command, e.g. git cola.
AUTHOR
Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>.