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# gitui

> A lightweight keyboard-only TUI for Git.
> See also: `tig`, `git-gui`.
> More information: <https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui>.

- Specify the color theme (defaults to `theme.ron`):

`gitui --theme {{theme}}`

- Store logging output into a cache directory:

`gitui --logging`

- Use notify-based file system watcher instead of tick-based update:

`gitui --watcher`

- Generate a bug report:

`gitui --bugreport`

- Use a specific Git directory:

`gitui --directory {{path/to/directory}}`

- Use a specific working directory:

`gitui --workdir {{path/to/directory}}`

- Display help:

`gitui --help`

- Display version:

`gitui --version`
