Re: first parent, commit graph layout, and pull merge direction

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 23, 2013, 11:34 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMP44s2zR7qYp58M_TqUqRNW24Ap5m5DsH4WWuHD3MiBu2Wg0A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130522115042.GA20649@inner.h.apk.li>

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm just looking into better displays of the commit graph (as
> displayed with gitk, smartgit, fisheye) - they tend to quickly
> dissolve into a heap of spaghetti.
>
> We had the idea that treating the first parent specially would
> have some advantage here - including graphically indicating which
> one of the parents of a commit is the first parent. (For instance,
> by letting that line leave the commit node at the top/bottom,
> and the other(s) to the side.)

I don't understand; gitk already shows the first parent starting from the bottom, and the merge commits arrive from the right side. What am I missing?

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Felipe Contreras