Re: [wishlist] support git flow-like view

From: Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <perezmeyer@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 21, 2012, 16:43 UTC
Message-ID: <201211211343.42187.perezmeyer@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <50ACEA95.9020909@ira.uka.de>

On Wed 21 Nov 2012 11:52:05 Holger Hellmuth (IKS) escribió:

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> Am 21.11.2012 01:13, schrieb Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer:
> > Well, two ideas come to my mind:
> > 
> > - detect when using git flow (.git/config contains [gitflow
> > "some_branch"] entries).
> 
> Shouldn't it be part of the gitflow package then?
> 
> > - Show "swim-lane"-like graphs, including branches that may not be
> > present, but where there (release branches often are created and merged
> > back, for example)
> 
> As a general feature there could be a config option gitk reads with an
> ordered list of branch names (with wildcards). Those branches would
> always be printed in gitk as the leftmost branches (i.e. have their own
> lane on the left side). All other branches would be shown normally.
> 
> This would give you part of what you want, a special lane at least for
> master and develop and for branches you can group under wildcard branch
> names (for example if you prefix all release branches with "rel-").
> 
> And it would give others the ability to make special branches in gitk
> more visible.
> 
> (Yes I know, I'm talking again of stuff I won't have time or ability to
> implement ;-). Sigh)

That seems an interesting idea, indeed. Thanks!

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