# [PATCH] graph API: display uninteresting commits as '^' instead of '*'

1 messages from 2009-08-19 to 2009-08-19. Participants: Adam Simpkins.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/20667

## Adam Simpkins, 2009-08-19 23:06

Subject: [PATCH] graph API: display uninteresting commits as '^' instead of '*'
Message-ID: <20090819230646.GS8147@facebook.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090819230646.GS8147%40facebook.com

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Using --graph and --show-all together now displays UNINTERESTING commits
using '^' characters instead of '*'.

Something like the following command will demonstrate the change:

   git log --graph --show-all ^HEAD~2 HEAD

Signed-off-by: Adam Simpkins <simpkins@facebook.com>
---
 graph.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/graph.c b/graph.c
index 6746d42..50b68a4 100644
--- a/graph.c
+++ b/graph.c
@@ -775,6 +775,14 @@ static void graph_output_commit_char(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * For UNINTERESTING commits (displayed with --show-all), print '^'
+	 */
+	if (graph->commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING) {
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '^');
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * If revs->left_right is set, print '<' for commits that
 	 * come from the left side, and '>' for commits from the right
 	 * side.
-- 
1.6.0.4

```