From 1c601af25a1d182420da11d20bc8862823e47012 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Sunshine Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:06:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-tools: retire manually-maintained list When Git was young, people looking for third-party Git-related tools came to the Git project itself to find them, so it made sense to maintain a list of tools here. These days, however, search engines fill that role much more efficiently, so retire the manually-maintained list. The list of front-ends and tools on the Git wiki rates perhaps a distant second to search engines, and may still have value, so retain a reference to it. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-tools.txt | 88 +++---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-tools.txt b/Documentation/git-tools.txt index 48a3595c5c..2f4ff50156 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tools.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tools.txt @@ -1,84 +1,10 @@ -A short Git tools survey -======================== +Git Tools +========= +When Git was young, people looking for third-party Git-related tools came +to the Git project itself to find them, thus a list of such tools was +maintained here. These days, however, search engines fill that role much +more efficiently, so this manually-maintained list has been retired. -Introduction ------------- - -Apart from Git contrib/ area there are some others third-party tools -you may want to look at. -This document presents a brief summary of each tool and the corresponding -link. -For a more comprehensive list, see: +See also the `contrib/` area, and the Git wiki: http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools - - -Alternative/Augmentative Porcelains ------------------------------------ - -- *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 -until they get merged upstream. - - -History Viewers ---------------- - -- *gitk* (shipped with git-core) -+ -gitk is a simple Tk GUI for browsing history of Git repositories easily. - - -- *gitview* (contrib/) -+ -gitview is a GTK based repository browser for Git - - -- *gitweb* (shipped with git-core) -+ -Gitweb provides full-fledged web interface for Git repositories. - - -- *qgit* (http://digilander.libero.it/mcostalba/) -+ -QGit is a git/StGit GUI viewer built on Qt/C++. QGit could be used -to browse history and directory tree, view annotated files, commit -changes cherry picking single files or applying patches. -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* (shipped with git-core) -+ -git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between a single Subversion -branch and Git. - - -- *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 ------- - -- *git.el* (contrib/) -+ -This is an Emacs interface for Git. The user interface is modelled on -pcl-cvs. It has been developed on Emacs 21 and will probably need some -tweaking to work on XEmacs.