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Re: [ANNOUNCE] tig - text-mode interface for git

From
Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Date
May 17, 2006, 15:53 UTC
Message-ID
<20060517155310.GA12985@diku.dk>
In-Reply-To
<20060517165305.07b682b2.tihirvon@gmail.com>
Timo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com> wrote Wed, May 17, 2006:
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> Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am pleased to announce tig, a simple git repository browser written
> > using ncurses. Basically, it just acts as a front-end for git-log and
> > git-show/git-diff. Additionally, you can also use it as a pager for git
> > commands.
> > 
> > Currently, it just provides a minimum support for looking through
> > changes. I hope to slowly extend it to also be usable as a front-end for
> > git-blame and for tree browsing. Also, it doesn't do any fancy revision
> > graph rendering, but I want to at least give it a shot at some point. :)
> 
> Thanks.  This makes browsing repositories much easier.  It would be
> great if the colors were customizable.

I am open to providing a better default color scheme, since my fondness of green might be too dominating. For now you will have to edit the colors defined under LINE_INFO, but sure. I think supporting something similar to CG_COLORS will suffice.

-- 
Jonas Fonseca
Previous: Timo Hirvonen
Message 5 of 5 in “[ANNOUNCE] tig - text-mode interface for git”
  1. Jonas FonsecaMay 17, 2006
  2. tig.cJonas Fonseca, May 17, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiMay 17, 2006
  4. Timo HirvonenMay 17, 2006
  5. Jonas FonsecaMay 17, 2006

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