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+gitk(1)
+=======
+
+NAME
+----
+gitk - The git repository browser
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'gitk' [<option>...] [<revs>] [--] [<path>...]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Displays changes in a repository or a selected set of commits. This includes
+visualizing the commit graph, showing information related to each commit, and
+the files in the trees of each revision.
+
+Historically, gitk was the first repository browser. It's written in tcl/tk
+and started off in a separate repository but was later merged into the main
+git repository.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+To control which revisions to shown, the command takes options applicable to
+the gitlink:git-rev-list[1] command. This manual page describes only the most
+frequently used options.
+
+-n <number>, --max-count=<number>::
+
+ Limits the number of commits to show.
+
+--since=<date>::
+
+ Show commits more recent than a specific date.
+
+--until=<date>::
+
+ Show commits older than a specific date.
+
+--all::
+
+ Show all branches.
+
+<revs>::
+
+ Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision
+ meaning show from the given revision and back, or it can be a range in
+ the form "'<from>'..'<to>'" to show all revisions between '<from>' and
+ back to '<to>'. Note, more advanced revision selection can be applied.
+ For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
+
+<path>::
+
+ Limit commits to the ones touching files in the given paths. Note, to
+ avoid ambiguity wrt. revision names use "--" to separate the paths
+ from any preceding options.
+
+Examples
+--------
+gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+ Show as the changes since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any
+ file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+gitk --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
+
+ Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+ The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+ 'gitk'
+
+gitk --max-count=100 --all -- Makefile::
+
+ Show at most 100 changes made to the file 'Makefile'. Instead of only
+ looking for changes in the current branch look in all branches.
+
+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.
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>.
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Jonas Fonseca, and the git-list
+<git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite