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An alternative to gitk: qgit

For the git users out there, I recommend qgit over gitk. I prefer qgit over GitNub as well, since I like to be able to see the graphical history of branches. I recommend installing from the qgit master repository to get the latest version. Here’s how:

sudo port install qt4-mac
cd ~/dev/sources/git-related
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/qgit/qgit4.git
cd qgit4
less README
# follow the README directions
# To install a ‘qgit’ command, I did:
cd ~/bin
ln -s qgit.app/Contents/MacOS/qgit qgit
# Add $HOME/bin to your path

You use qgit just like you would use gitk:

# Run this from your git repository directory
qgit –all &
# Formatting quirk: there are two hyphens before all

Screenshot of qgit

Notice that qgit has a handy reload button (the 4th icon from the top-left).  This is better than gitk, where you have to use a pull down menu, which is a bit clunky.  Enjoy!

2 Comments

  1. Evan Light wrote:

    Nice! Took hours to build it, though. But nice!

    Monday, June 9, 2008 at 11:19 pm | Permalink
  2. djwonk wrote:

    I think I prefer gitx now — an OS X native git browser, very similar but nicer. Check it out!

    Monday, September 29, 2008 at 11:21 pm | Permalink

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