{"thread":{"id":"33445","subject":"Re: RFC: Very useful script to SVG graph the git commits from a file orientated view","startedAt":"2013-04-09T08:55:06Z","lastAt":"2013-04-09T14:02:34Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Jeremy Rosen","Christian Couder"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"213644","messageId":"1344434918.1379702.1365497705958.JavaMail.root@openwide.fr","threadId":"33445","inReplyTo":"CAHQ6N+rPfYmNRjjU0EDx3B1O_K+c6zm9v=BT_bMEXZ1yQFXGhw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: RFC: Very useful script to SVG graph the git commits from a file orientated view","fromName":"Jeremy Rosen","fromEmail":"jeremy.rosen@openwide.fr","sentAt":"2013-04-09T08:55:06Z","receivedAt":"2013-04-09T08:55:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jeremy.rosen@openwide.fr","avatar":null},"body":"looking a little bit more into this, I was very suprised....\n\nthere seems to be little/no tools in the git ecosystem that studies the dependencies between commits based on the file they modified and/or the conflict they would cause.\n\nIs there any pre-existing tool to do that ? It can be done with git-log --name-only(the graph_git.pl is just a graphing layer above that command) but i'm suprised that I couldn't find anything else\n\nAnd that was at the file level, is there any tool to help find what commits can be reordered without causing conflicts ? I am not sure if there is an easy way to extract potential conflict information from git...\n\n    Regards\n\n    Jérémy Rosen\n\nfight key loggers : write some perl using vim\n\n----- Mail original -----\n> Hi Jeremy,\n> \n>   It would be great if you could send your email again to the list,\n>   so\n> that other people can see that there is interest in my script :)\n> Makes it easier for me to get it included.\n> \n> > * The tooltips are very handy, but it would be nice if the tooltip\n> > would activate on the whole commit ellipsis, not just the text\n> > inside the ellipsis\n> \n> Yes, tooltips are a real pain.  I don't know how to do that.\n> \n> > * I would love to have tooltips on the arrows too. when trying to\n> > follow what arrow is what file it makes things really handi\n> \n> Actually they do have tooltips - it's just that the arrows are really\n> thin so you have to be very accurate with your mouse pointing!\n> \n> > It would be nice if there were a way to filter only some files in\n> > the output... there probably is with the git-log like syntax but\n> > i'm not a master of that... hints would be welcome\n> \n> Try just specifying the files:\n> \n> $ graph_git.pl -10  filename1 filename2\n> \n> I haven't tested, but it should work\n> \n> > is there a public repo for this script so I can point other people\n> > to it ?\n> \n> No - any suggestions as to where to put it are welcome :)\n> \n> John\n> \n"},{"id":"213659","messageId":"CAP8UFD2ja6DVUkXy6w-jfPsLAPJxWpkOaj3CxcOwbczTJFdZfg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"33445","inReplyTo":"1344434918.1379702.1365497705958.JavaMail.root@openwide.fr","subject":"Re: RFC: Very useful script to SVG graph the git commits from a file orientated view","fromName":"Christian Couder","fromEmail":"christian.couder@gmail.com","sentAt":"2013-04-09T14:02:34Z","receivedAt":"2013-04-09T14:02:34Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"christian.couder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/208954?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Jeremy Rosen <jeremy.rosen@openwide.fr> wrote:\n> looking a little bit more into this, I was very suprised....\n>\n> there seems to be little/no tools in the git ecosystem that studies the dependencies between commits based on the file they modified and/or the conflict they would cause.\n>\n> Is there any pre-existing tool to do that ? It can be done with git-log --name-only(the graph_git.pl is just a graphing layer above that command) but i'm suprised that I couldn't find anything else\n>\n> And that was at the file level, is there any tool to help find what commits can be reordered without causing conflicts ? I am not sure if there is an easy way to extract potential conflict information from git...\n\nIt looks like this tool will do \"Proactive Merge Conflicts Detection\":\n\nhttp://commitq.com/\n\nBut it's true that it would be nice if there was something in git itself.\n\nThanks,\nChristian.\n"}]}