From: Quang Lê Duy <leduyquang753@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 06:40:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/1] Add lines to `git log --graph` to separate connected regions
Message-ID: <CACXAH50KHrnmc1At_DHX5O=BGuGT_pe9n5nGLSJYt7fXTbe_Yg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4jcdivgw.fsf@gitster.g>

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 12:37 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> True.  But because we are doing graph, shouldn't we be able to do
> better?  For example, you can draw the two lineage of histories
> on different columns and ...
>
>        * a2
>        * a1
>      * b2
>      * b1
>
> ... that way, you do not need to lose one line of precious vertical
> screen real estate.

I think horizontal screen real estate is even more precious than the vertical
one, since one usually doesn't scroll their terminal horizontally. And then it
would probably be a way more complicated implementation.