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GIT-COLA(1) Git Manual GIT-COLA(1)

NAME

git-cola - A highly caffeinated git GUI

SYNOPSIS

git cola [options]

DESCRIPTION

git-cola is a powerful git GUI written in Python. It has many unique features that make git’s advanced features simple and accessible.
 
See below for a full list of options and usage information.

OPTIONS

--classic
Launch the standalone cola classic tool.
-g, --git-path
Specifies the path to the git binary.
--prompt
Prompt for a git repository instead of auto-detecting it in the current directory.
-r, --repo=<path>
Run git-cola on the git repository in <path>. Defaults to the current directory.
-s, --style=<style>
Launch git-cola with a different stylesheet.
-v, --version
Print the git-cola version and exit.

GUI STYLES

git-cola ships with an alternate "dark" stylesheet. Specify --style=dark or provide an external stylesheet with --style=PATH.

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.classicdockable
Whether to create a dock widget with the Cola Classic 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_PYTHON_TRACE
When defined, prints git commands and status to the terminal. Print more information when set to the value full.
GIT_COLA_TRACE
When defined, git-cola outputs the git commands it executes into the Command Output log viewer.

SOURCE

A git-cola development repository can be obtained via git:
 
 
git clone git://github.com/davvid/git-cola.git

GUI THEMES

git-cola ships with an alternative stylesheet called dark. You can use this stylesheet by running git cola --style=dark.
 
You can also skin git-cola by providing your own Qt stylesheet. E.g. git cola --style=/path/to/style.qss.
 
Built-in styles can be found in /usr/share/git-cola/styles.

LINKS

git-cola homepage
http://cola.tuxfamily.org/
git-cola sources on github
http://github.com/davvid/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[1]>.

NOTES

1.
davvid@gmail.com
mailto:davvid@gmail.com
09/01/2011 Git