Git-gui as shipped with todays git.git master is a bit broken: in git.git master (v1.7.0-29-g6d81630), try running: $ git gui blame xdiff-interface.h Then select first line 'd9ea d9ea 1 #ifndef XDIFF_INTERFACE_H', right click to popup context menu, select "Show History Context" --> --> git gui errors with: "Error: couldn't change working directory to "": no ... Thanks, Kirill -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html