Re: [PATCH] graph.c: log.showRootMark to indicate root commits

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 2, 2018, 18:13 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfu4dzdax.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk1tpze1x.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> Lyubomyr Shaydariv <lsh.dev@ukr.net> writes:
>
>> When log.showRootMark is set, root commits are marked with
>> the at sign (@).
>>
>> When log.showRootMark is not set, root commits are marked with
>> the asterisk sign (*). This is the default behavior.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lyubomyr Shaydariv <lsh.dev@ukr.net>
>> ---
>
> So the idea is when you have a history like this:
> ...
> and that would work well with --left-right automatically (as you
> would just do the same thing as you would to a normal asterisk).

There was some discussion a while back on making root commits more apparent in the graph view, e.g.

https://public-inbox.org/git/1382717268-21884-1-git-send-email-milton.soares.filho@gmail.com/