# Using gitk over the network 1 messages from 2008-03-19 to 2008-03-19. Participants: Jean-Baptiste Quenot. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/12757 ## Jean-Baptiste Quenot, 2008-03-19 14:31 Subject: Using gitk over the network Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ae63f8b50803190731h49e224cby33344f8737f83718%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi there, I'm using gitk through an SSH-tunnelled X11 connection. Once loaded, the GUI is usable on a DSL connection, but the problem is that gitk loads the whole commit history, not only the commits that will fit on screen. It can take up to a minute with our repository for the GUI to be ready, especially when visualizing all branches. I thought I'd let you know, in the case there is the possibility to have some sort of progressive loading in the future. Compared to gitk, git-gui works fine in this environment. NOTE: I discovered tig today on this very mailing-list, and I admit it's fulfilling part of our usecase, but maybe there are some people in my team that are reluctant to text-based interfaces, who knows. Cheers, -- Jean-Baptiste Quenot http://caraldi.com/jbq/blog/ ```