# Re: gitk highlighting descendents/ancestors

1 messages from 2008-07-24 to 2008-07-24. Participants: Matt Seitz (matseitz).
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14645

## Matt Seitz (matseitz), 2008-07-24 00:12

Subject: Re: gitk highlighting descendents/ancestors
Message-ID: <70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C307540BC3@xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C307540BC3%40xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com

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"Paul Mackerras" <paulus@samba.org> wrote in message news:<17530.60026.636981.60532@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>...
> I have implemented a feature in gitk (on the "new" branch) where it
> can highlight the commits that are, or are not, descendents or
> ancestors of the selected commit.  For now it is invoked via a
> drop-down menu.  

Is this feature still available?  I don't see the menu running 1.5.6 on Cygwin.  A coworker running 1.5.0.7 on Linux sees it.

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