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# git-cola: The highly caffeinated Git GUI
Git Cola is a powerful Git GUI with a slick and intuitive user interface.
git clone https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git
[](LICENSE)
[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/actions/workflows/main.yml)
[](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/251)
[](https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/git-cola/git-cola/main)
* [Screenshots](https://git-cola.github.io/screenshots.html)
* [Downloads](https://git-cola.github.io/downloads.html)
# Documentation
* [Keyboard shortcuts](https://git-cola.github.io/share/doc/git-cola/hotkeys.html)
* [HTML documentation](https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
* [Git Cola documentation](docs/git-cola.rst)
* [Git DAG documentation](docs/git-dag.rst)
* [Contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
# Requirements
## Build
* [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) is used to generate the documentation.
## Runtime
* [Git](https://git-scm.com/) 2.2.0 or newer.
* [Python](https://python.org/) 3.6 or newer.
* [QtPy](https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy) 2.0.0 or newer.
Git Cola uses QtPy, so you can choose between PyQt6, PyQt5 and PySide2 by setting
the `QT_API` environment variable to `pyqt6`, `pyqt5` or `pyside2` as desired.
`qtpy` defaults to `pyqt5` and falls back to `pyqt6` and `pyside2` if `pyqt5`
is not installed.
Any of the following Python Qt libraries must be installed:
* [PyQt5 / PyQt6](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5)
5.9 or newer is required. Qt 6.2 or newer is also supported via QtPy.
* [PySide2](https://github.com/PySide/PySide)
5.12.0 or newer.
## Optional Features
Git Cola enables additional features when the following
Python modules are installed.
[Send2Trash](https://pypi.org/project/Send2Trash)
enables cross-platform "Send to Trash" functionality.
([source](https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash))
[notify2](https://pypi.org/project/notify2)
enables delivery of desktop notifications.
([source](https://bitbucket.org/takluyver/pynotify2))
[pyobjc](https://pypi.org/project/pyobjc)
enables macOS-specific application themes on macOS.
([source](https://github.com/ronaldoussoren/pyobjc))
# Installation
There are several ways to install Git Cola but you do not need to "install" Git Cola
in order to run it.
Git Cola is designed to run directly from its source tree. Installation is optional.
## From Source
The recommended approach for running the latest Git Cola version is to install its
PyQt dependencies using your distribution's package manager and then run
`./bin/git-cola` directly from source.
## Installing PyQt dependencies on Debian / Ubuntu systems
Git Cola works with either PyQt5 or PyQt6 because it uses the
[qtpy](https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy) library for PyQt compatibility.
### PyQt5
Users on newer Debian/Ubuntu version can install a single package to run from source.
```bash
sudo apt install python3-qtpy
```
If you are on an older version that does not have `python3-qtpy` available then you can
install the following packages directly.
```bash
sudo apt install python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtopengl python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine python3-pyqt5.qtsvg
```
### PyQt6
If you'd like to use Git Cola with the newer PyQt6 ecosystem then you can install these
packages instead of PyQt5.
```bash
sudo apt install python3-pyqt6 python3-pyqt6.qtsvg python3-pyqt6.qtwebengine
```
At this point you should be able to launch `./bin/git-cola` from the source tree and
there is nothing more to do.
The further instructions below detail how to install Git Cola from PyPI or how to
install it into a location separate from the source tree.
## Linux
Linux is it! Your distro has probably already packaged `git-cola`.
If not, please file a bug against your distribution ;-)
### Arch
Available in the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/git-cola/).
### Debian, Ubuntu
apt install git-cola
### Fedora
dnf install git-cola
### Gentoo
emerge git-cola
### OpenSUSE, SLE
zypper install git-cola
### Slackware
Available in [SlackBuilds.org](http://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=git-cola).
### Ubuntu
[See here](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=git-cola) for the
versions that are available in Ubuntu's repositories.
## FreeBSD
# Install from official binary packages
pkg install -r FreeBSD devel/git-cola
# Build from source
cd /usr/ports/devel/git-cola && make clean install
## Install into a Python Virtualenv from PyPI using pip
**IMPORTANT**: never run `pip install` or `garden install` outside of a
Python virtualenv or as root!
**IMPORTANT**: if you are on Linux distributions where PyQt6 or PyQt5 are available from
your package manager then it is highly recommended to install those dependencies using
your system's package manager. See the section above for details.
One way to install the latest released version is to use `venv` (virtualenv) and `pip`.
This installs [git-cola from pypi.org](https://pypi.org/project/git-cola/).
python3 -m venv --system-site-packages env3
./env3/bin/pip install git-cola
./env3/bin/git-cola
Add the `env3/bin` directory to your `PATH` or symlink to `bin/git-cola` from
somewhere in your `PATH` such as `~/.local/bin/git-cola`, and you can launch
Git Cola like any other built-in `git` command:
git cola
git dag
## Install into a Python Virtualenv from Source
If you don't have PyQt installed then the easiest way to get it is to use a Python
virtualenv and install Git Cola into it in "editable" mode.
This install method lets you upgrade Git Cola by running `git pull`.
# Create a virtualenv called "env3" and activate it.
python3 -m venv --system-site-packages env3
# Install PyQt and (optional) extra packages to enable all features.
./env3/bin/pip install --editable '.[extras,pyqt6]'
# Run Git Cola via the "git-cola" Git subcommand.
source env3/bin/activate
git cola
If you add `env3/bin` (or symlink to `env3/bin/git-cola` ) somewhere in your `$PATH` then you can
run `git cola` as if it were a builtin `git` command from outside of the virtualenv
(e.g. after running "deactivate" or when opening a new shell).
## Standalone Installation from Source
Running `garden -D prefix=$HOME/.local install` will install Git Cola in your
`$HOME/.local` directory (`$HOME/.local/bin/git-cola`, `$HOME/.local/lib`, etc).
This installation method assumes that the `qtpy` and `PyQt*` dependencies have
been pre-installed.
The Garden recipe also supports `DESTDIR` to support creating packages for Linux package
managers:
garden -D DESTDIR=/tmp/stage -D prefix=/usr/local install
If you do not have `garden` available then `make` can be used instead.
The `Makefile` supports staged installs using the conventional
[DESTDIR](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/DESTDIR.html) and
[prefix](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Directory-Variables.html)
variables.
make DESTDIR=/tmp/stage prefix=/usr/local install
## macOS
For most end-users we recommend using either Homebrew or installing into
a Python virtualenv as described above.
You can install Git Cola from source using the same steps as above.
### Homebrew
An easy way to install Git Cola is to use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) .
Use Homebrew to install the git-cola recipe:
brew install git-cola
If you install using Homebrew you can stop at this step.
You don't need to clone the repo or anything.
### git-cola.app
If you have all of the dependencies installed, either via `pip` or `brew` then
you can build a shell `git-cola.app` app bundle wrapper for use in `/Applications`.
If you'd like to build a `git-cola.app` bundle for `/Applications` run this command:
garden macos/app
You will need to periodically rebuild the app wrapper whenever Python is upgraded.
### Updating macOS and Homebrew
Updating macOS can often break Homebrew-managed software.
If you update macOS and Git Cola stops working then then you probably need to re-install
Git Cola's dependencies.
Re-installing from scratch using the instructions below can get things back in shape.
brew update
brew uninstall git-cola
brew uninstall pyqt
brew uninstall pyqt@5
brew autoremove
brew install git-cola
## Windows
IMPORTANT If you have a 64-bit machine, install the 64-bit versions only.
Do not mix 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
Download and install the following:
* [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/)
* [Git Cola](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/releases)
Once these are installed you can run Git Cola from the Start menu.
See "Windows (Continued)" below for more details.
If you'd like to install Git Cola with
[winget](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli) run the following command:
winget install git-cola.git-cola
As there is no dependency resolution yet you have to install Git as well with:
winget install Git.Git
# Goodies
Git Cola ships with an interactive rebase editor called `git-cola-sequence-editor`.
`git-cola-sequence-editor` is used to reorder and choose commits when rebasing.
Start an interactive rebase through the "Rebase" menu, or through the
`git cola rebase` sub-command to use the `git-cola-sequence-editor`:
git cola rebase @{upstream}
`git-cola-sequence-editor` can be launched independently of git cola by telling
`git rebase` to use it as its editor through the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
environment variable:
export GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="$HOME/git-cola/bin/git-cola-sequence-editor"
git rebase -i @{upstream}
## Shell Completions
Shell completion scripts are available for bash and zsh.
Each script contains instructions on how to install and activate the completions.
* [bash completion script](contrib/git-cola-completion.bash)
* [zsh completion script](contrib/_git-cola)
# Git Cola Sub-commands
The `git-cola` command exposes various sub-commands that allow you to quickly
launch tools that are available from within the git-cola interface.
For example, `git cola find` launches the file finder,
and `git cola grep` launches the grep tool.
See `git cola --help-commands` for the full list of commands.
$ git cola --help-commands
usage: git-cola [-h]
{cola,am,archive,branch,browse,config,
dag,diff,fetch,find,grep,merge,pull,push,
rebase,remote,search,stash,tag,version}
...
valid commands:
{cola,am,archive,branch,browse,config,
dag,diff,fetch,find,grep,merge,pull,push,
rebase,remote,search,stash,tag,version}
cola start git-cola
am apply patches using "git am"
archive save an archive
branch create a branch
browse browse repository
config edit configuration
dag start git-dag
diff view diffs
fetch fetch remotes
find find files
grep grep source
merge merge branches
pull pull remote branches
push push remote branches
rebase interactive rebase
remote edit remotes
search search commits
stash stash and unstash changes
tag create tags
version print the version
## Development
[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)
[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)
[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)
[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues?q=is%3Aopen)
If you already have Git Cola's dependencies installed then you can
start `cola` as a Python module if you have the source code available.
python -m cola
python -m cola dag
The following commands should be run during development:
# Run the unit tests
$ garden test
# Run tests and doc checks
$ garden check
# Run tests against multiple python interpreters using tox
$ garden tox
The test suite can be found in the [test](test) directory.
Commits and pull requests are automatically tested for code quality
using [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/actions/workflows/main.yml).
Auto-format `cola/i18n/*.po` files before committing when updating translations:
$ garden po
When submitting patches, consult the
[contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).
## Packaging Notes
Git Cola installs its modules into the default Python site-packages directory
(e.g. `lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`) using setuptools.
While end-users can use `pip install git-cola` to install Git Cola, distribution
packagers should use the `garden -D prefix=/usr install` process. Git Cola's Garden
recipe wraps `pip install --prefix=<prefix>` to provide a packaging-friendly
`garden install` target.
# Windows (Continued)
## Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable
Earlier versions of Git Cola may have shipped without `vcruntime140.dll` and may
not run on machines that are missing this DLL.
To fix this, download the
[Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685)
and install it
Git Cola v4.0.0 and newer include this DLL and do not require this to be installed
separately.
## Development
In order to develop Git Cola on Windows you will need to install
Python3 and pip. Install PyQt5 using `pip install PyQt5`
to make the PyQt5 bindings available to Python.
Once these are installed you can use `python.exe` to run
directly from the source tree. For example, from a Git Bash terminal:
/c/Python39/python.exe ./bin/git-cola
## Multiple Python versions
If you have multiple versions of Python installed, the `contrib/win32/cola`
launcher script might choose the newer version instead of the python
that has PyQt installed. In order to resolve this, you can set the
`cola.pythonlocation` git configuration variable to tell cola where to
find python. For example:
git config --global cola.pythonlocation /c/Python39
## Building Windows Installers
Windows installers are built using
* [Pynsist](https://pynsist.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
* [NSIS](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page) is also needed.
To build the installer using Pynsist run:
garden pynsist -vv
This will generate an installer in `build/nsis/`.
## Windows "History Browser" Configuration Upgrade
You may need to configure your history browser if you are upgrading from an
older version of Git Cola on Windows.
`gitk` was originally the default history browser, but `gitk` cannot be
launched as-is on Windows because `gitk` is a shell script.
If you are configured to use `gitk`, then change your configuration to
go through Git's `sh.exe` on Windows. Similarly, we must go through
`python.exe` if we want to use `git-dag`.
If you want to use gitk as your history browser open the
Preferences screen and change the history browser command to:
"C:/Program Files/Git/bin/sh.exe" --login -i C:/Git/bin/gitk
`git-dag` became the default history browser on Windows in `v2.3`, so new
users do not need to configure anything.
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"description": "# git-cola: The highly caffeinated Git GUI\n\nGit Cola is a powerful Git GUI with a slick and intuitive user interface.\n\n git clone https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git\n\n[](LICENSE)\n[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/actions/workflows/main.yml)\n[](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/251)\n[](https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/git-cola/git-cola/main)\n\n* [Screenshots](https://git-cola.github.io/screenshots.html)\n\n* [Downloads](https://git-cola.github.io/downloads.html)\n\n\n# Documentation\n\n* [Keyboard shortcuts](https://git-cola.github.io/share/doc/git-cola/hotkeys.html)\n\n* [HTML documentation](https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)\n\n* [Git Cola documentation](docs/git-cola.rst)\n\n* [Git DAG documentation](docs/git-dag.rst)\n\n* [Contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)\n\n\n# Requirements\n\n## Build\n\n* [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) is used to generate the documentation.\n\n## Runtime\n\n* [Git](https://git-scm.com/) 2.2.0 or newer.\n\n* [Python](https://python.org/) 3.6 or newer.\n\n* [QtPy](https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy) 2.0.0 or newer.\n\nGit Cola uses QtPy, so you can choose between PyQt6, PyQt5 and PySide2 by setting\nthe `QT_API` environment variable to `pyqt6`, `pyqt5` or `pyside2` as desired.\n`qtpy` defaults to `pyqt5` and falls back to `pyqt6` and `pyside2` if `pyqt5`\nis not installed.\n\nAny of the following Python Qt libraries must be installed:\n\n* [PyQt5 / PyQt6](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5)\n 5.9 or newer is required. Qt 6.2 or newer is also supported via QtPy.\n\n* [PySide2](https://github.com/PySide/PySide)\n 5.12.0 or newer.\n\n\n## Optional Features\n\nGit Cola enables additional features when the following\nPython modules are installed.\n\n[Send2Trash](https://pypi.org/project/Send2Trash)\nenables cross-platform \"Send to Trash\" functionality.\n([source](https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash))\n\n[notify2](https://pypi.org/project/notify2)\nenables delivery of desktop notifications.\n([source](https://bitbucket.org/takluyver/pynotify2))\n\n[pyobjc](https://pypi.org/project/pyobjc)\nenables macOS-specific application themes on macOS.\n([source](https://github.com/ronaldoussoren/pyobjc))\n\n\n# Installation\n\nThere are several ways to install Git Cola but you do not need to \"install\" Git Cola\nin order to run it.\n\nGit Cola is designed to run directly from its source tree. Installation is optional.\n\n\n## From Source\n\nThe recommended approach for running the latest Git Cola version is to install its\nPyQt dependencies using your distribution's package manager and then run\n`./bin/git-cola` directly from source.\n\n\n## Installing PyQt dependencies on Debian / Ubuntu systems\n\nGit Cola works with either PyQt5 or PyQt6 because it uses the\n[qtpy](https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy) library for PyQt compatibility.\n\n### PyQt5\n\nUsers on newer Debian/Ubuntu version can install a single package to run from source.\n\n```bash\nsudo apt install python3-qtpy\n```\n\nIf you are on an older version that does not have `python3-qtpy` available then you can\ninstall the following packages directly.\n\n```bash\nsudo apt install python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtopengl python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine python3-pyqt5.qtsvg\n```\n\n### PyQt6\n\nIf you'd like to use Git Cola with the newer PyQt6 ecosystem then you can install these\npackages instead of PyQt5.\n\n```bash\nsudo apt install python3-pyqt6 python3-pyqt6.qtsvg python3-pyqt6.qtwebengine\n```\n\nAt this point you should be able to launch `./bin/git-cola` from the source tree and\nthere is nothing more to do.\n\nThe further instructions below detail how to install Git Cola from PyPI or how to\ninstall it into a location separate from the source tree.\n\n\n## Linux\n\nLinux is it! Your distro has probably already packaged `git-cola`.\nIf not, please file a bug against your distribution ;-)\n\n### Arch\n\nAvailable in the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/git-cola/).\n\n### Debian, Ubuntu\n\n apt install git-cola\n\n### Fedora\n\n dnf install git-cola\n\n### Gentoo\n\n emerge git-cola\n\n### OpenSUSE, SLE\n\n zypper install git-cola\n\n### Slackware\n\nAvailable in [SlackBuilds.org](http://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=git-cola).\n\n### Ubuntu\n\n[See here](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=git-cola) for the\nversions that are available in Ubuntu's repositories.\n\n## FreeBSD\n\n # Install from official binary packages\n pkg install -r FreeBSD devel/git-cola\n\n # Build from source\n cd /usr/ports/devel/git-cola && make clean install\n\n## Install into a Python Virtualenv from PyPI using pip\n\n**IMPORTANT**: never run `pip install` or `garden install` outside of a\nPython virtualenv or as root!\n\n**IMPORTANT**: if you are on Linux distributions where PyQt6 or PyQt5 are available from\nyour package manager then it is highly recommended to install those dependencies using\nyour system's package manager. See the section above for details.\n\nOne way to install the latest released version is to use `venv` (virtualenv) and `pip`.\nThis installs [git-cola from pypi.org](https://pypi.org/project/git-cola/).\n\n python3 -m venv --system-site-packages env3\n ./env3/bin/pip install git-cola\n ./env3/bin/git-cola\n\nAdd the `env3/bin` directory to your `PATH` or symlink to `bin/git-cola` from\nsomewhere in your `PATH` such as `~/.local/bin/git-cola`, and you can launch\nGit Cola like any other built-in `git` command:\n\n git cola\n git dag\n\n\n## Install into a Python Virtualenv from Source\n\nIf you don't have PyQt installed then the easiest way to get it is to use a Python\nvirtualenv and install Git Cola into it in \"editable\" mode.\n\nThis install method lets you upgrade Git Cola by running `git pull`.\n\n # Create a virtualenv called \"env3\" and activate it.\n python3 -m venv --system-site-packages env3\n\n # Install PyQt and (optional) extra packages to enable all features.\n ./env3/bin/pip install --editable '.[extras,pyqt6]'\n\n # Run Git Cola via the \"git-cola\" Git subcommand.\n source env3/bin/activate\n git cola\n\nIf you add `env3/bin` (or symlink to `env3/bin/git-cola` ) somewhere in your `$PATH` then you can\nrun `git cola` as if it were a builtin `git` command from outside of the virtualenv\n(e.g. after running \"deactivate\" or when opening a new shell).\n\n\n## Standalone Installation from Source\n\nRunning `garden -D prefix=$HOME/.local install` will install Git Cola in your\n`$HOME/.local` directory (`$HOME/.local/bin/git-cola`, `$HOME/.local/lib`, etc).\n\nThis installation method assumes that the `qtpy` and `PyQt*` dependencies have\nbeen pre-installed.\n\nThe Garden recipe also supports `DESTDIR` to support creating packages for Linux package\nmanagers:\n\n garden -D DESTDIR=/tmp/stage -D prefix=/usr/local install\n\nIf you do not have `garden` available then `make` can be used instead.\nThe `Makefile` supports staged installs using the conventional\n[DESTDIR](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/DESTDIR.html) and\n[prefix](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Directory-Variables.html)\nvariables.\n\n make DESTDIR=/tmp/stage prefix=/usr/local install\n\n\n## macOS\n\nFor most end-users we recommend using either Homebrew or installing into\na Python virtualenv as described above.\n\nYou can install Git Cola from source using the same steps as above.\n\n### Homebrew\n\nAn easy way to install Git Cola is to use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) .\nUse Homebrew to install the git-cola recipe:\n\n brew install git-cola\n\nIf you install using Homebrew you can stop at this step.\nYou don't need to clone the repo or anything.\n\n### git-cola.app\n\nIf you have all of the dependencies installed, either via `pip` or `brew` then\nyou can build a shell `git-cola.app` app bundle wrapper for use in `/Applications`.\n\nIf you'd like to build a `git-cola.app` bundle for `/Applications` run this command:\n\n garden macos/app\n\nYou will need to periodically rebuild the app wrapper whenever Python is upgraded.\n\n### Updating macOS and Homebrew\n\nUpdating macOS can often break Homebrew-managed software.\n\nIf you update macOS and Git Cola stops working then then you probably need to re-install\nGit Cola's dependencies.\n\nRe-installing from scratch using the instructions below can get things back in shape.\n\n brew update\n\n brew uninstall git-cola\n brew uninstall pyqt\n brew uninstall pyqt@5\n brew autoremove\n\n brew install git-cola\n\n\n## Windows\n\nIMPORTANT If you have a 64-bit machine, install the 64-bit versions only.\nDo not mix 32-bit and 64-bit versions.\n\nDownload and install the following:\n\n* [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/)\n\n* [Git Cola](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/releases)\n\nOnce these are installed you can run Git Cola from the Start menu.\n\nSee \"Windows (Continued)\" below for more details.\n\nIf you'd like to install Git Cola with\n[winget](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli) run the following command:\n\n winget install git-cola.git-cola\n\nAs there is no dependency resolution yet you have to install Git as well with:\n\n winget install Git.Git\n\n# Goodies\n\nGit Cola ships with an interactive rebase editor called `git-cola-sequence-editor`.\n`git-cola-sequence-editor` is used to reorder and choose commits when rebasing.\nStart an interactive rebase through the \"Rebase\" menu, or through the\n`git cola rebase` sub-command to use the `git-cola-sequence-editor`:\n\n git cola rebase @{upstream}\n\n`git-cola-sequence-editor` can be launched independently of git cola by telling\n`git rebase` to use it as its editor through the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`\nenvironment variable:\n\n export GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=\"$HOME/git-cola/bin/git-cola-sequence-editor\"\n git rebase -i @{upstream}\n\n## Shell Completions\n\nShell completion scripts are available for bash and zsh.\nEach script contains instructions on how to install and activate the completions.\n\n* [bash completion script](contrib/git-cola-completion.bash)\n\n* [zsh completion script](contrib/_git-cola)\n\n\n# Git Cola Sub-commands\n\nThe `git-cola` command exposes various sub-commands that allow you to quickly\nlaunch tools that are available from within the git-cola interface.\nFor example, `git cola find` launches the file finder,\nand `git cola grep` launches the grep tool.\n\nSee `git cola --help-commands` for the full list of commands.\n\n $ git cola --help-commands\n usage: git-cola [-h]\n\n {cola,am,archive,branch,browse,config,\n dag,diff,fetch,find,grep,merge,pull,push,\n rebase,remote,search,stash,tag,version}\n ...\n\n valid commands:\n {cola,am,archive,branch,browse,config,\n dag,diff,fetch,find,grep,merge,pull,push,\n rebase,remote,search,stash,tag,version}\n\n cola start git-cola\n am apply patches using \"git am\"\n archive save an archive\n branch create a branch\n browse browse repository\n config edit configuration\n dag start git-dag\n diff view diffs\n fetch fetch remotes\n find find files\n grep grep source\n merge merge branches\n pull pull remote branches\n push push remote branches\n rebase interactive rebase\n remote edit remotes\n search search commits\n stash stash and unstash changes\n tag create tags\n version print the version\n\n## Development\n\n[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)\n[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)\n[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)\n[](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues?q=is%3Aopen)\n\nIf you already have Git Cola's dependencies installed then you can\nstart `cola` as a Python module if you have the source code available.\n\n python -m cola\n python -m cola dag\n\n\nThe following commands should be run during development:\n\n # Run the unit tests\n $ garden test\n\n # Run tests and doc checks\n $ garden check\n\n # Run tests against multiple python interpreters using tox\n $ garden tox\n\nThe test suite can be found in the [test](test) directory.\n\nCommits and pull requests are automatically tested for code quality\nusing [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/actions/workflows/main.yml).\n\nAuto-format `cola/i18n/*.po` files before committing when updating translations:\n\n $ garden po\n\nWhen submitting patches, consult the\n[contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).\n\n\n## Packaging Notes\n\nGit Cola installs its modules into the default Python site-packages directory\n(e.g. `lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`) using setuptools.\n\nWhile end-users can use `pip install git-cola` to install Git Cola, distribution\npackagers should use the `garden -D prefix=/usr install` process. Git Cola's Garden\nrecipe wraps `pip install --prefix=<prefix>` to provide a packaging-friendly\n`garden install` target.\n\n\n# Windows (Continued)\n\n## Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable\n\nEarlier versions of Git Cola may have shipped without `vcruntime140.dll` and may\nnot run on machines that are missing this DLL.\n\nTo fix this, download the\n[Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685)\nand install it\n\nGit Cola v4.0.0 and newer include this DLL and do not require this to be installed\nseparately.\n\n## Development\n\nIn order to develop Git Cola on Windows you will need to install\nPython3 and pip. Install PyQt5 using `pip install PyQt5`\nto make the PyQt5 bindings available to Python.\n\nOnce these are installed you can use `python.exe` to run\ndirectly from the source tree. For example, from a Git Bash terminal:\n\n /c/Python39/python.exe ./bin/git-cola\n\n## Multiple Python versions\n\nIf you have multiple versions of Python installed, the `contrib/win32/cola`\nlauncher script might choose the newer version instead of the python\nthat has PyQt installed. In order to resolve this, you can set the\n`cola.pythonlocation` git configuration variable to tell cola where to\nfind python. For example:\n\n git config --global cola.pythonlocation /c/Python39\n\n## Building Windows Installers\n\nWindows installers are built using\n\n* [Pynsist](https://pynsist.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).\n\n* [NSIS](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page) is also needed.\n\nTo build the installer using Pynsist run:\n\n garden pynsist -vv\n\nThis will generate an installer in `build/nsis/`.\n\n## Windows \"History Browser\" Configuration Upgrade\n\nYou may need to configure your history browser if you are upgrading from an\nolder version of Git Cola on Windows.\n\n`gitk` was originally the default history browser, but `gitk` cannot be\nlaunched as-is on Windows because `gitk` is a shell script.\n\nIf you are configured to use `gitk`, then change your configuration to\ngo through Git's `sh.exe` on Windows. 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