SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-'gitk' [<options>] [<revision range>] [
\--] [<path>...]
+'gitk' [<options>] [<revision range>] [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
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--left-right::
- Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable
+ 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.
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User configuration and preferences are stored at:
-* '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' if it exists, otherwise
-* '$HOME/.gitk' if it exists
+* `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk` if it exists, otherwise
+* `$HOME/.gitk` if it exists
-If neither of the above exist then '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' is created and
+If neither of the above exist then `$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.
+`$HOME/.config` in all cases.
History
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Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in
-tcl/tk and started off in a separate repository but was later merged
-into the main Git repository.
+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
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'qgit(1)'::
A repository browser written in C++ using Qt.
-'gitview(1)'::
- A repository browser written in Python using Gtk. It's based on
- 'bzrk(1)' and distributed in the contrib area of the Git repository.
-
'tig(1)'::
A minimal repository browser and Git tool output highlighter written
in C using Ncurses.