
When I switched completely to Linux I had to find an alternative. There was a time I used WinMerge regularly on Windows for comparing files.
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To install tig on Ubuntu: $ sudo apt-get install tig Posted on FebruCategories PROGRAMMING Tags file compare diff merge linux, git, scm, version control 4 Comments on QGit & Diffuse: Git GUI on Linux Compare files on Linux To browse a git repository navigate inside a versioned directory and run tig. It functions mainly as a Git repository browser, but can also assist in staging changes for commit at chunk level and act as a pager for output from various Git commands. Tig is an ncurses-based text-mode interface for git. To install QGit and Diffuse on Ubuntu, run: $ sudo apt-get install qgit diffuse


File tree view that helps to track commits to a single file.Can launch an external diff viewer like Diffuse.Shows everything you need to understand a change: commit history (including range), change log for individual commit, diff, modified file list.

I found QGit to be exactly the tool I needed. There are many Git GUI interfaces on Linux but some of them are bulky and some lack finesse. To speak the truth, the terminal is not really the best option to look at a overwhelming number of change records which need to be examined in detail and in reasonable time. I was looking for a good GUI based Git repository browser to view changes.
