Installing

# MacOS + Homebrew
$ brew install tig --HEAD

# Ubuntu
$ sudo apt install tig

Invocation

Command	Description
tig
—	—
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 log → tig.

Shortcut keys

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Switching views

| m | Main view |
| s | Status |
| t | Tree (files) |
| y | Stash view |
| g | Grep |
| h | Help |
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All views

Shortcut	Description
j k	Up/down
J K	Next/previous
—	—
<	Back
R	Refresh
q	Close
Q	Close all
—	—
^N	Next on parent view
^P	Previous on parent view
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m - Main view

| D | Toggle date display modes |
| A | Toggle author display modes |
| X | Toggle commit sha |
| C | Cherry pick a commit |
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s - Status view

| u | Stage/unstage file or chunk |
| ! | Revert file or chunk |
| C | Commit |
| M | Merge |
| 1 | Stage line |
| [ ] | Increase/decrease the diff context |
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h - Branch view

| i | Change sort header |
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h - Blame view

| , | Parent commit |
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