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Re: [RFC] Colorization of log --graph

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EREric Raible <raible+git@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2009, 16:52 UTC
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Allan Caffee <allan.caffee <at> gmail.com> writes:
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> 
> I know that _some_ people arn't particularly fond of colors, but I was
> wondering how difficult it would be to colorize the edges on the
> --graph drawn by the log command?  It can be a little tricky trying to
> follow them with a relatively complex history.  I was thinking something
> like gitk already does.  Is anybody else interested in seeing this?
> 
> ~Allan

This may be clueless (I suspect that it is) but I have never understood the meaning of the different line colors in gitk. They seems arbitrary to me.

I get that the current HEAD is represented as a yellow dot, but that's it. (As an aside, it might be nice if merges had a different color dot than normal commits).

Can anyone clue me in?
- Eric
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Santi Béjar
Message 9 of 24 in “[RFC] Colorization of log --graph”
  1. Allan CaffeeMar 18, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 18, 2009
  3. Allan CaffeeMar 19, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2009
  5. Nanako ShiraishiMar 19, 2009
  6. Allan CaffeeMar 20, 2009
  7. Jeff KingMar 20, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2009
  9. Eric RaibleMar 18, 2009
  10. Santi BéjarMar 18, 2009
  11. Eric RaibleMar 18, 2009
  12. Markus HeidelbergMar 19, 2009
  13. Eric RaibleMar 19, 2009
  14. Markus HeidelbergMar 19, 2009
  15. graph API: Added logic for colored edges.Allan Caffee, Mar 30, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinMar 30, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinMar 31, 2009
  18. Johannes SixtMar 31, 2009
  19. Johannes SchindelinMar 31, 2009
  20. Johannes SchindelinMar 31, 2009
  21. 1/2 graph.c: avoid compile warningsJohannes Schindelin, Mar 30, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2009
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2009
  24. 2/2 --graph: respect --no-colorJohannes Schindelin, Mar 30, 2009

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