Tig

What Tig is

Tig is a free ncurses-based terminal interface for browsing Git repositories, staging changes, and paging Git command output. Its repository views cover commit logs, reflogs, diffs, trees, blobs, blame, refs, status, staging, stashes, grep, and paging. Status and stage views let users stage individual diff chunks or lines. Pager mode displays standard input and can colorize output from Git commands. Tig relies on underlying Git commands for repository views and passes relevant options through to them. Configuration is available through files, environment variables, key bindings, and external commands. Installation requires Git and ncurses or ncursesw; iconv may also be needed depending on the system. Optional Readline support adds completion and history to search and command prompts. Tig runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows and supports nested repositories. The project directs bug reports and feature requests to its issue tracker or the Git mailing list, with other questions sent to Stack Overflow. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.