Installing

# MacOS + Homebrew
$ brew install tig --HEAD
# Ubuntu
$ sudo apt install tig

Invocation

Command Description
tig Logs
tig status Status
tig blame FILE Blame
tig master Show a branch
tig test..master Show difference between two branches
tig FILE Show history of file
tig v0.0.3:README Show contents of file in a specific revision
tig -C /repo/path Run in dir /repo/path (like git -C)

You can substitute git logtig.

Shortcut keys

Switching views

Shortcut Description
m Main view
d Diff
t Tree (files)
b Blame
s Status
c Stage
y Stash
g Grep
h Help

All views

Shortcut Description
<enter> Enter and open selected line
< Back to previous view state
<tab> Move focus to next view
R Refresh
q Close view
Q Close all (quit)
, Parent commit

Cursor navigation

Shortcut Description
/ Search
? Search backwards
j k Up/down
J K Next/previous
<space> Page down
- Page up
^D Half page down
^U Half page up

Option toggles

Shortcut Description
I Toggle sort order modes
i Change sort header
D Toggle date display modes
A Toggle author display modes
# Toggle line numbers
~ Toggle line graphics
F Toggle file names
W Toggle ignore space

m - Main view

Shortcut Description
X Toggle commit sha
C Cherry pick a commit

s - Status view

Shortcut Description
u Stage/unstage file or chunk
! Revert file or chunk
C Commit
M Merge with external tool

c - Stage view

Shortcut Description
u Stage/unstage file or chunk
! Revert file or chunk
1 Stage line
\ Split current diff hunk
[ ] Increase/decrease the diff context

d - Diff view

Shortcut Description
[ ] Increase/decrease the diff context

y - Stash view

Shortcut Description
A Apply selected stash
P Pop selected stash
! Drop selected stash
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