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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-01-19 15:33:31 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-01-19 15:33:31 -0800
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Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.11.0-453-g787f7
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Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in
-tcl/tk and started off in a separate repository but was later merged
-into the main Git repository.
+tcl/tk.
+'gitk' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable
+versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience
+of end users.
+
+gitk-git/ comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project:
+
+ git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk
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.