Tig cheatsheet

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 log → tig.

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

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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