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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-01-18 15:12:18 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-01-18 15:12:18 -0800 |
| commit | 6903f33c402ac7c38e8d9500e10889cd83df888f (patch) | |
| tree | 7602bb0c880d54c85b20f39cfefcf7b281e11b75 /Documentation/gitk.txt | |
| parent | 0abfede3aefb0c23e484cf36d3109314b811f2f7 (diff) | |
| parent | 3120925c25e571d4cd3b7c20608a01e35961d1a4 (diff) | |
| download | git-6903f33c402ac7c38e8d9500e10889cd83df888f.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'sb/remove-gitview'
Retire long unused/unmaintained gitview from the contrib/ area.
* sb/remove-gitview:
doc: git-gui browser does not default to HEAD
doc: gitk: add the upstream repo location
doc: gitk: remove gitview reference
contrib: remove gitview
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitk.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitk.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index e382dd96df..ca96c281d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -178,19 +178,21 @@ used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to History ------- Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in -tcl/tk and started off in a separate repository but was later merged -into the main Git repository. +tcl/tk. +'gitk' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable +versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience +of end users. + +gitk-git/ comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project: + + git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk SEE ALSO -------- 'qgit(1)':: A repository browser written in C++ using Qt. -'gitview(1)':: - A repository browser written in Python using Gtk. It's based on - 'bzrk(1)' and distributed in the contrib area of the Git repository. - 'tig(1)':: A minimal repository browser and Git tool output highlighter written in C using Ncurses. |