--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.
--simplify-merges::
- Additional option to '--full-history' to remove some needless
+ 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
History
-------
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
--------
'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.