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Re: gitk "hyperlinks" (was Re: Display of merges in gitk)

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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Aug 6, 2005, 13:16 UTC
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Linus Torvalds writes:
>  - "clickable" SHA1's in commit messages would be really really cool if 
>    something like that is even possible with tcl/tk.
Done, and it was even pretty easy.  It took only about a dozen lines.
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>  - I'd like to have a "back button". Not just for the above kind of thing, 
>    but in general too: when searching for something, it would just be very 
>    nice if gitk just kept a list of the <n> last commits that have 
>    been selected, and there was a web-browser-like button that went 
>    back/forward in history.

Good idea. Also done. :) It's on master.kernel.org now in my gitk.git directory. Hopefully Junio will pull it into git soon. The current version also squishes the graph horizontally if it gets too wide (i.e. more than half the width of the top-left pane).

Paul.
Previous: Kay SieversNext: Linus Torvalds
Message 19 of 25 in “Display of merges in gitk”
  1. Paul MackerrasJul 30, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2005
  3. Shipping gitk as part of core git.Junio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2005
  4. Paul MackerrasJul 31, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2005
  6. gitk merge display bugs (was: Re: Display of merges in gitk)Sergey Vlasov, Jul 30, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 5, 2005
  8. gitk "hyperlinks" (was Re: Display of merges in gitk)Linus Torvalds, Aug 5, 2005
  9. jepler@unpythonic.netAug 5, 2005
  10. Kay SieversAug 6, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsAug 6, 2005
  12. Kay SieversAug 7, 2005
  13. gitweb "tag" displayJunio C Hamano, Aug 6, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2005
  15. Paul MackerrasAug 19, 2005
  16. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2005
  18. Kay SieversAug 7, 2005
  19. Paul MackerrasAug 6, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsAug 6, 2005
  21. jepler@unpythonic.netAug 6, 2005
  22. gitk SHA link hoversLinus Torvalds, Aug 6, 2005
  23. Paul MackerrasAug 7, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2005
  25. Paul MackerrasAug 7, 2005

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