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Tig: Text-Mode Interface for Git

• fdeage 3y ago
  I was rereading this old (2014) post from Tonsky (tonsky.me/blog/reinventing-git-interface), complaining about the fact that no git CLI manages to make the git interface sucks less. Well, I have to disagree: tig does it! It's in the terminal, is lightning fast (written in C, can handle million-commit repos), configurable, and supports a shortcut for any action you can think of. I think I type the "tig" command about 100 times a day. To me tig is a hidden gem that every dev should know about. No more complex GUIs, gitk, or byzantine git commands. Just `alias tig='tig --all'` and you're good forever with git.
• bronikowski 3y ago
  tig is something I always install next to git. Cherry-picking is so much easier when I can go up/down and read diffs quickly.
• sontek 3y ago
  I really love this tool: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit Which seems to be an alternative
• je42 3y ago
  Does anybody know how this compares to lazygit ?
  • tipsytoad 3y ago
    It's a repository viewer last time I checked, it doesn't have as many features as lazygit (rebase, merge conflict). I prefer lazygit personally
• yarekt 3y ago
  Tig is truly good, and I always install it, it helps me interactively browse a bunch of commits on trees when i want to wrap my head around what’s going on, however, it’s not good enough :( it’s features a little random, and I basically only use it as a viewer, and even then viewing full commits is too cumbersome. I really do appreciate it though!