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bug in "git log --graph" at the tail end?

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 23, 2008, 20:42 UTC
Message-ID
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It appears that "log --graph" output has a bug at its tail end.
    $ git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --graph 9d88058^..1af8bca
    M   1af8bca... Merge branch 'maint'
    |\  
    | M   008442f... Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint
    | |\  
    | * e77b0b5... git-am: fix typo in usage message
    | * 74190d2... doc/git-daemon: s/uploadarchive/uploadarch/
    M   9d88058... Merge branch 'ar/add-unreadable'
    |\  
    * dad25e4... Add a config option to ignore errors for git-add
    * 8959743... Add a test for git-add --ignore-errors
    * 984b83e... Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to sk...
    * 7ae02a3... Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ...
    * 960b8ad... Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually...
Ideally, I think the output should look like this:
    M   1af8bca... Merge branch 'maint'
    |\  
    | M   008442f... Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint
    | |\  
    | * e77b0b5... git-am: fix typo in usage message
    | * 74190d2... doc/git-daemon: s/uploadarchive/uploadarch/
    M   9d88058... Merge branch 'ar/add-unreadable'
    |\  
    | * dad25e4... Add a config option to ignore errors for git-add
    | * 8959743... Add a test for git-add --ignore-errors
    | * 984b83e... Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to sk...
    | * 7ae02a3... Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ...
    | * 960b8ad... Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually...

This is purely cosmetic, but because --graph is only about the cosmetics, we may want to do something about it.

Thoughts?
Next: Reece Dunn
Message 1 of 15 in “bug in "git log --graph" at the tail end?”
  1. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2008
  2. Reece DunnMay 23, 2008
  3. Adam SimpkinsMay 24, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2008
  5. 0/2 fix "log --graph" issues with uninteresting parentsAdam Simpkins, May 24, 2008
  6. 1/2 graph API: fix graph mis-alignment after uninteresting commitsAdam Simpkins, May 24, 2008
  7. 2/2 graph API: don't print branch lines for uninteresting merge parentsAdam Simpkins, May 24, 2008
  8. Teemu LikonenMay 24, 2008
  9. 0/1 graph API: always print 'M' for merge commitsAdam Simpkins, May 24, 2008
  10. 1/1 graph API: always print 'M' for merge commitsAdam Simpkins, May 24, 2008
  11. Adam SimpkinsMay 24, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2008
  13. Teemu LikonenMay 25, 2008
  14. Adam SimpkinsMay 25, 2008
  15. Adam SimpkinsMay 24, 2008

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