1 # git-cola: The highly caffeinated Git GUI
3 git-cola is a powerful Git GUI with a slick and intuitive user interface.
5 Copyright (C) 2007-2016, David Aguilar and contributors
7 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
22 Screenshots are available on the
23 [git-cola screenshots page](https://git-cola.github.io/screenshots.html).
27 apt-get install git-cola
29 New releases are available on the
30 [git-cola download page](https://git-cola.github.io/downloads.html).
34 git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git
36 [![git-cola build status](https://api.travis-ci.org/git-cola/git-cola.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/git-cola/git-cola)
38 [git-cola on github](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola)
40 [git-cola google group](http://groups.google.com/group/git-cola/)
47 * [git](http://git-scm.com/) 1.6.3 or newer.
49 * [Python](http://python.org/) 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2 or newer.
51 * [QtPy](https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy) 1.1.0 or newer.
53 * [argparse](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/argparse) 1.1 or newer.
54 argparse is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7; install argparse separately if
55 you are running on Python 2.6.
57 * [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) for building the documentation.
59 *git-cola* uses *QtPy*, so you can choose between *PyQt4*, *PyQt5*, and
60 *PySide* by setting the `QT_API` environment variable to `pyqt4`, `pyqt5` or
61 `pyside` as desired. `qtpy` defaults to `pyqt5` and falls back to `pyqt4`
62 if `pyqt5` is not installed.
64 Any of the following Python Qt libraries must be installed:
66 * [PyQt4](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download)
69 * [PyQt5](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5)
72 * [PySide](https://github.com/PySide/PySide)
75 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
76 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
77 *git-cola* is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
78 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
80 [QTBUG-52988](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988)
82 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so we recommend
83 using *PyQt4* until the *Qt5* bugs have been resolved.
85 Set `QT_API=pyqt4` in your environment if you have both
86 versions of *PyQt* installed and want to ensure that PyQt4 is used.
88 *NOTE*: *git-cola* includes a vendored copy of its *QtPy* dependency.
90 We provide a copy of the `qtpy` module when installing *git-cola* so that you
91 are not required to install *QtPy* separately. If you'd like to provide your
92 own `qtpy` module, for example from the `python-qtpy` Debian package, then use
93 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1 ...` when invoking `make`, or export
94 `GIT_COLA_NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` into the build environment.
99 *git-cola* enables additional features when the following
100 Python modules are installed.
102 [send2trash](https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash) enables cross-platform
103 "Send to Trash" functionality.
105 # BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
109 You don't need to install *git-cola* to run it.
110 Running *git-cola* from its source tree is the easiest
111 way to try the latest version.
113 git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git
118 Having *git-cola*'s *bin/* directory in your path allows you to run
119 *git cola* like a regular built-in Git command:
121 # Replace "$PWD/bin" with the path to git-cola's bin/ directory
122 PATH="$PWD/bin":"$PATH"
128 The instructions below assume that you have *git-cola* present in your
129 `$PATH`. Replace "git cola" with "./bin/git-cola" as needed if you'd like to
130 just run it in-place.
134 * [HTML documentation](https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
136 * [git-cola manual](share/doc/git-cola/git-cola.rst)
138 * [git-dag manual](share/doc/git-cola/git-dag.rst)
140 * [Keyboard shortcuts](https://git-cola.github.io/share/doc/git-cola/hotkeys.html)
142 * [Contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
146 Normally you can just do "make install" to install *git-cola*
147 in your `$HOME` directory (`$HOME/bin`, `$HOME/share`, etc).
148 If you want to do a global install you can do
150 make prefix=/usr install
152 The platform-specific installation methods below use the native
153 package manager. You should use one of these so that all of *git-cola*'s
154 dependencies are installed.
158 Linux is it! Your distro has probably already packaged git-cola.
159 If not, please file a bug against your distribution ;-)
167 apt-get install git-cola
179 Use the [one-click install link](http://software.opensuse.org/package/git-cola).
184 Before setting up homebrew, use
185 [pip](https://pip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing.html) to install
186 [sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/latest/install.html).
188 Sphinx is used to build the documentation.
190 sudo pip install --requirement requirements.txt
192 [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) is the easiest way to install
193 git-cola's *Qt4* and *PyQt4* dependencies. We will use Homebrew to install
194 the git-cola recipe, but build our own .app bundle from source.
196 brew install git-cola
198 Once brew has installed git-cola you can:
202 `git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git && cd git-cola`
204 2. Build the git-cola.app application bundle
208 3. Copy it to _/Applications_
210 `rm -fr /Applications/git-cola.app && cp -r git-cola.app /Applications`
212 ## WINDOWS INSTALLATION
214 **IMPORTANT** If you have a 64-bit machine, install the 64-bit versions only.
215 Do not mix 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
217 Download and install the following:
219 * [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/)
221 * [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
222 * Python 3.4 is recommended. Python 2.7 is also supported.
223 * [64-bit](https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.4/python-3.4.4.amd64.msi)
224 * [32-bit](https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.4/python-3.4.4.msi)
226 * [PyQt](https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download/)
227 * PyQt4 4.11 is recommended. PyQt4 requires a matching Python version.
228 * [64-bit](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.4/PyQt4-4.11.4-gpl-Py3.4-Qt4.8.7-x64.exe)
229 * [32-bit](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.4/PyQt4-4.11.4-gpl-Py3.4-Qt4.8.7-x32.exe)
231 * [Git Cola](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/downloads)
233 Once these are installed you can run *git cola* from the Start menu or
234 by double-clicking on the `git-cola.pyw` script.
236 If you are developing *git cola* on Windows you can use `python.exe` to run
237 directly from the source tree. For example, from a Git Bash terminal:
239 /c/Python34/python.exe ./bin/git-cola
241 See "WINDOWS (continued)" below for more details.
245 *git-cola* ships with an interactive rebase editor called *git-xbase*.
246 *git-xbase* can be used to reorder and choose commits and is typically
247 launched through the *git-cola*'s "Rebase" menu.
249 *git-xbase* can also be launched independently of the main *git-cola* interface
250 by telling `git rebase` to use it as its editor:
252 env GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="$PWD/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase" \
253 git rebase -i origin/master
255 The quickest way to launch *git-xbase* is via the *git cola rebase*
256 sub-command (as well as various other sub-commands):
258 git cola rebase origin/master
262 The *git-cola* command exposes various sub-commands that allow you to quickly
263 launch tools that are available from within the *git-cola* interface.
264 For example, `./bin/git-cola find` launches the file finder,
265 and `./bin/git-cola grep` launches the grep tool.
267 See `git cola --help-commands` for the full list of commands.
269 $ git cola --help-commands
272 {cola,am,archive,branch,browse,classic,config,
273 dag,diff,fetch,find,grep,merge,pull,push,
274 rebase,remote,search,stash,tag,version}
278 {cola,am,archive,branch,browse,classic,config,
279 dag,diff,fetch,find,grep,merge,pull,push,
280 rebase,remote,search,stash,tag,version}
283 am apply patches using "git am"
284 archive save an archive
285 branch create a branch
286 browse browse repository
287 classic browse repository
288 config edit configuration
295 pull pull remote branches
296 push push remote branches
297 rebase interactive rebase
299 search search commits
300 stash stash and unstash changes
302 version print the version
306 The following commands should be run during development:
311 # Check for pylint warnings. All new code must pass 100%.
314 The test suite can be found in the [test](test) directory.
316 The tests are setup to run automatically when code is pushed using
317 [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/git-cola/git-cola).
318 Checkout the [Travis config file](.travis.yml) for more details.
320 When submitting patches, consult the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).
322 # WINDOWS (continued)
324 ## BUILDING WINDOWS INSTALLERS
326 Windows installers are built using
328 * [Pynsist](http://pynsist.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
330 * [NSIS](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page) is also needed.
332 To build the installer using *Pynsist*:
334 * If building from a non-Windows platform run
335 `./contrib/win32/fetch_pyqt_windows.sh`.
336 This will download a PyQt binary installer for Windows and unpack its files
337 into `pynsist_pkgs/`.
339 * Run `pynsist pynsist.cfg`.
340 The installer will be built in `build/nsis/`.
342 Before *Pynsist*, installers were built using *InnoSetup*.
343 The *InnoSetup* scripts are still available:
345 ./contrib/win32/create-installer.sh
347 You have to make sure that the file */share/InnoSetup/ISCC.exe* exists.
349 ## WINDOWS HISTORY BROWSER CONFIGURATION UPGRADE
351 You may need to configure your history browser if you are upgrading from an
352 older version of *git-cola*.
354 `gitk` was originally the default history browser, but `gitk` cannot be
355 launched as-is on Windows because `gitk` is a shell script.
357 If you are configured to use `gitk`, then change your configuration to
358 go through Git's `sh.exe` on Windows. Similarly,we must go through
359 `python.exe` if we want to use `git-dag`.
361 If you want to use *gitk* as your history browser open the
362 *Preferences* screen and change the history browser command to:
364 "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/sh.exe" --login -i C:/Git/bin/gitk
366 Alternatively, if you'd like to use *git-dag* as your history browser, use:
368 C:/Python34/python.exe C:/git-cola/bin/git-dag
370 *git-dag* became the default history browser on Windows in `v2.3`, so new
371 users should not need to configure anything.