gl1

A version control system on top of git

Usage

gl track file ...

gl track -h

gl untrack file ...

gl untrack -h

gl status path ...

gl status -h

gl diff [-e file ...] [-i file ...] [-o file ...]

gl diff -h

gl commit [-m message] [-p] [-e file ...] [-i file ...] [-o file ...]

gl commit -h

gl branch [-r] [-v]

gl branch [-v] [-dp point] -c branch ...

gl branch [-v] -d branch ...

gl branch -sh commit_id

gl branch -su branch

gl branch -uu

gl branch -h

gl tag [-r]

gl tag [-ci commit_id] -c tag ...

gl tag -d tag ...

gl tag -h

gl checkout [-cp commit_id] files ...

gl checkout -h

gl merge src

gl merge -a

gl merge -h

gl resolve file ...

gl resolve -h

gl fuse [-ip commit_id] [-e commit_id ...] [-o commit_id ...] src

gl fuse -a

gl fuse -h

gl remote

gl remote -c remote remote_url

gl remote -d remote

gl remote -h

gl publish dst_branch

gl publish -h

gl switch [-mo] branch

gl switch -h

gl init [repo]

gl init -h

gl history [-c] [-v] [-b branch_name] [-l limit]

gl history -h

gl -h

gl --version

Overview

The gl utility is a version control system built on top of Git.

The gl utility accepts the following commands:

track

Start tracking changes to files.

untrack

Stop tracking changes to files.

status

Show the status of the repository.

diff

Show the status of the repository.

commit

Save changes to the local repository. By default all tracked modified files are committed. To customize the set of files to be committed use the only, exclude, and include flags.

-m: Specify the commit message.
-p, --partial: Interactively select segments of files to commit.

branch

List, create, edit, or delete branches.

-c, --create: Create the specified branch(es).
-d, --delete: Delete the specified branch(es).
-dp, -divergent-point: The commit from which to “branch out”.
-sh, --set-head: Set the head of the current branch.
-su, --set-upstream: Set the upstream branch of the current branch.
-uu, --unset-upstream: Unset the upstream branch of the current branch.
-v: Be verbose, output the head of each branch.

tag

List, create, or delete tags.

-c, --create: Create tag(s).
-ci, --commit: Specify the commit to tag.
-d, --delete: Delete tag(s).
-r, --remote: List remote tags in addition to local ones.

checkout

Checkout the committed versions of the specified files.

-cp, --commit-point: The commit point to checkout the files as.

merge

Merge the divergent changes of one branch onto another.

-a: Abort the merge in progress.

resolve

Mark files with conflicts as resolved.

fuse

Fuse the divergent changes of a branch onto the current branch. By default all divergent changes from the given source branch are fused. To customize the set of commits to fuse use the only and exclude flags.

-a, --abort: Abort the fuse in progress.
-ip, --insertion-point: The divergent changes will be inserted after the specified commit.

remote

List, create, edit, or delete remotes.

-c, --create: Create a remote.
-d, --delete: Delete a remote.

publish

Publish commits upstream.

switch

Switch branches.

-mo, --move-over: Move the uncommitted changes made to the current branch to the destination branch.

init

Create an empty Gitless repository or create one from an existing remote repository.

history

Show the commit history.

-b, --branch: The branch to show the history of.
-c, --compact: Output the history in a compact format.
-l, --limit: Limit the number of commits displayed.
-v, --verbose: Be verbose, output the diffs of the commits.

Options

The following options have a similar meaning for various commands:

-e, --exclude: Exclude the specified files; the files must be tracked and modified.
-h, --help: Display a help message.
-i, --include: Include the specified files; the files must be untracked.
-o, --only: Use only the specified files; the files must be tracked and modified.

Environment

The gl utility makes use of the following environment variables, if specified:

EDITOR: Specify the editor to use for composing commit messages; default: “vim”.
PAGER: Specify the pager to be used if the core.pager setting is not specified in the Git configuration; default: “less -r -f”. If the pager to be executed is actually less(1), the -r and -f flags are appended to its arguments.

Files

The operation of the gl utility is influenced by the same configuration files that git(1) uses; see the “FILES” section of the git-config(1) documentation.

Examples

Please see the Gitless website at https://gitless.com/.

Diagnostics

The gl utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).

10–13