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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This document presents a brief summary of each tool and the corresponding
link.
-Alternative/Augmentative Procelains
+Alternative/Augmentative Porcelains
-----------------------------------
- *Cogito* (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/)
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Alternative/Augmentative Procelains
providing generally smoother user experience than the "raw" Core GIT
itself and indeed many other version control systems.
+ Cogito is no longer maintained as most of its functionality
+ is now in core GIT.
+
- *pg* (http://www.spearce.org/category/projects/scm/pg/)
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ Alternative/Augmentative Procelains
- *StGit* (http://www.procode.org/stgit/)
Stacked GIT provides a quilt-like patch management functionality in the
- GIT environment. You can easily manage your patches in the scope of GIT
+ GIT environment. You can easily manage your patches in the scope of GIT
until they get merged upstream.
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ History Viewers
- *gitk* (shipped with git-core)
- gitk is a simple TK GUI for browsing history of GIT repositories easily.
+ gitk is a simple Tk GUI for browsing history of GIT repositories easily.
- *gitview* (contrib/)
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ History Viewers
gitview is a GTK based repository browser for git
- - *gitweb* (ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/gitweb/)
+ - *gitweb* (shipped with git-core)
GITweb provides full-fledged web interface for GIT repositories.
@@ -63,12 +66,18 @@ History Viewers
Currently it is the fastest and most feature rich among the git
viewers and commit tools.
+ - *tig* (http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/)
+
+ tig by Jonas Fonseca is a simple git repository browser
+ written using ncurses. Basically, it just acts as a front-end
+ for git-log and git-show/git-diff. Additionally, you can also
+ use it as a pager for git commands.
Foreign SCM interface
---------------------
- - *git-svn* (contrib/)
+ - *git-svn* (shipped with git-core)
git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between a single Subversion
branch and git.
@@ -80,6 +89,14 @@ Foreign SCM interface
series in git back and forth.
+ - *hg-to-git* (contrib/)
+
+ hg-to-git converts a Mercurial repository into a git one, and
+ preserves the full branch history in the process. hg-to-git can
+ also be used in an incremental way to keep the git repository
+ in sync with the master Mercurial repository.
+
+
Others
------
@@ -95,3 +112,7 @@ Others
This is an Emacs interface for git. The user interface is modeled on
pcl-cvs. It has been developed on Emacs 21 and will probably need some
tweaking to work on XEmacs.
+
+
+http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools has more
+comprehensive list.