SYNOPSIS

git cola [options] [sub-command]

DESCRIPTION

git-cola is a sleek and powerful git GUI written in Python. See below for a full list of options and usage information.

OPTIONS

-g
--git-path

Specifies the path to the git binary.

--prompt

Prompt for a git repository instead of using the current directory.

-r
--repo=<path>

Run git-cola on the git repository in <path>. Defaults to the current directory.

-v
--version

Print the git-cola version and exit.

SUB-COMMANDS

branch

Launch the branch tool.

browse

Launch the browser tool.

fetch

Launch the fetch tool.

grep

Launch the grep tool.

pull

Launch the pull tool.

push

Launch the push tool.

search

Launch the search tool.

stash

Launch the stash tool.

tag

Launch the tag tool.

CONFIG VARIABLES

cola.savewindowsettings

Whether git-cola should remember its window settings.

cola.fontdiff

Specifies the font to use for git-cola's diff display.

cola.browserdockable

Whether to create a dock widget with the Browser tool. Defaults to false to speedup startup time.

gui.diffcontext

The number of diff context lines used and displayed by git-cola

gui.editor

The default text editor is controlled by gui.editor. The config variable overrides the EDITOR environment variable.

gui.historybrowser

Specifies the history browser to use when visualizing history.

diff.tool

The default diff tool to use.

merge.tool

The default merge tool to use.

user.email

Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. Can be overridden by the GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL, and EMAIL environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].

user.name

Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits. Can be overridden by the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_NAME environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].

See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

EDITOR

Specifies the default editor to use. This is ignored when the git config variable gui.editor is defined.

GIT_COLA_TRACE

When defined, git-cola logs git commands to stdout. When set to full, git-cola also logs the exit status and output. When set to trace, git-cola logs to the Console widget.

SOURCE

A git-cola development repository can be obtained via git:

git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git

LINKS

git-cola homepage

http://git-cola.github.com/

git-cola sources on github

https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/

SEE ALSO

linkgit:git-difftool[1]

Compare changes using common merge tools.

linkgit:gitk[1]

The git repository browser. Shows branches, commit history and file differences. gitk is the utility started by git-cola's Repository Visualize actions.

GIT

git-cola is independently developed from the linkgit:git[7] suite, but you can use it just like any other git command, e.g. git cola.

AUTHOR

Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>.