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The nicest thing about tig is that it is written in just one C source file. Check: http://repo.or.cz/w/tig.git?a=tree

I like to see little utilities like this that are easy to install and understand.

Thank you for pointing that out. The choice of a single source file is a great C feature. The author appears to have started from a few hundred lines in 2006. Grew that 10x, to a few thousand. Curses/ ncurses bring back good memory of various mail and news readers. I bet a few of you tried curses/ ncurses. IMO, character user interface has its efficiency; prefers CUI to icon bars, ribbons, etc.

One source file, yes, but it's 7500 lines long... for me, at that kind of length, I'd find it easier to understand if broken into sensibly separate files.

IMHO, C is nice because it doesn't force you to break your code into many small little pieces.

Although I agree that in general it is better to have multiple classes/modules -- if the project really requires it. This is not the case here.

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