Checkout a file from tig

Question

If i open up tig with another branch:

tig otherBranch

Is it possible to navigate to the tree view find a file that I want and check it out to my current branch?

Answer 1

Yes, you have to add a user-defined command in ~/.tigrc, for example:

bind generic ^F !?git checkout %(commit) %(file)

Then open tig otherBranch, press t to go to the tree view, navigate to the file and press Ctrl-F.