# gitk: Removing Stacked Git branches from the --all view 4 messages from 2010-08-17 to 2010-08-18. Participants: Joshua Jensen, Sverre Rabbelier, Chris Packham. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24764 ## Joshua Jensen, 2010-08-17 06:02 Subject: gitk: Removing Stacked Git branches from the --all view Message-ID: <4C6A25E5.5050707@workspacewhiz.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4C6A25E5.5050707%40workspacewhiz.com ``` I often run 'gitk --all'. It works great until I introduce Stacked Git into the equation. StGit uses branches called branchname.stgit for various metadata. The metadata turns into an ugly mess with gitk --all. I've been playing around with various 'git log' options, but I'm not finding one that gives me the gitk --all view as if StGit were never attached to the repository. (Speaking of StGit and apps that store metadata in branches... it would be awesome to have a filter that knocks those branches out of ALL views of the data.) Would someone mind helping me out? Thanks. Josh ``` ## Sverre Rabbelier, 2010-08-17 17:42 Subject: Re: gitk: Removing Stacked Git branches from the --all view Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTi%3D4Jr6KknLyBUe_%2BbQ4zue2KGNjxJtY8Ja6LmAT%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <4C6A25E5.5050707@workspacewhiz.com> ``` Heya, On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 01:02, Joshua Jensen wrote: > I've been playing around with various 'git log' options, but I'm not finding > one that gives me the gitk --all view as if StGit were never attached to the > repository.  (Speaking of StGit and apps that store metadata in branches... > it would be awesome to have a filter that knocks those branches out of ALL > views of the data.) It would be easier if StGit DTRT and stored its metadata in a stgit/ namespace. That way you could just do `gitk --branches=refs/heads/`. There's (afaik) no way to specify what refs not to show, you'd need to teach 'git rev-list' a way to ignore a ref space. You'd have to teach it how to interpret something like `git rev-list --all --not --branches=refs/heads/*.stgit`. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier ``` ## Joshua Jensen, 2010-08-18 16:07 Subject: Re: gitk: Removing Stacked Git branches from the --all view Message-ID: <4C6C0543.7070203@workspacewhiz.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4C6C0543.7070203%40workspacewhiz.com In-Reply-To: ``` ----- Original Message ----- From: Sverre Rabbelier Date: 8/17/2010 11:42 AM > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 01:02, Joshua Jensen wrote: >> I've been playing around with various 'git log' options, but I'm not finding >> one that gives me the gitk --all view as if StGit were never attached to the >> repository. (Speaking of StGit and apps that store metadata in branches... >> it would be awesome to have a filter that knocks those branches out of ALL >> views of the data.) > It would be easier if StGit DTRT and stored its metadata in a stgit/ > namespace. That way you could just do `gitk --branches=refs/heads/`. > There's (afaik) no way to specify what refs not to show, you'd need to > teach 'git rev-list' a way to ignore a ref space. You'd have to teach > it how to interpret something like `git rev-list --all --not > --branches=refs/heads/*.stgit`. Sure, I agree StGit should the metadata in an stgit/ namespace. In any case, it sounds like there is no way to pull this off right now. :( Thanks for the help! Josh ``` ## Chris Packham, 2010-08-18 16:23 Subject: Re: gitk: Removing Stacked Git branches from the --all view Message-ID: <4C6C0901.4090702@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4C6C0901.4090702%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <4C6A25E5.5050707@workspacewhiz.com> ``` On 16/08/10 23:02, Joshua Jensen wrote: > I often run 'gitk --all'. It works great until I introduce Stacked Git > into the equation. StGit uses branches called branchname.stgit for > various metadata. The metadata turns into an ugly mess with gitk --all. > > I've been playing around with various 'git log' options, but I'm not > finding one that gives me the gitk --all view as if StGit were never > attached to the repository. (Speaking of StGit and apps that store > metadata in branches... it would be awesome to have a filter that knocks > those branches out of ALL views of the data.) > > Would someone mind helping me out? > > Thanks. > > Josh One thing I found was 'stg log --clear' (I'm running a newish version direct from the stgit repo but I think it should be there in stgit 0.15). It gets rid of a lot (but not all) of the extra objects that pollute the 'gitk --all' output. One word of caution is that the Stack Git log has saved me from losing work when I've done something bone headed so I tend to clear the log only when I'm sure I've got everything I need committed upstream. ```