Re: RFC: Very useful script to SVG graph the git commits from a file orientated view

> Hi Jeremy,
> 
>   It would be great if you could send your email again to the list,
>   so
> that other people can see that there is interest in my script :)
> Makes it easier for me to get it included.
> 
> > * The tooltips are very handy, but it would be nice if the tooltip
> > would activate on the whole commit ellipsis, not just the text
> > inside the ellipsis
> 
> Yes, tooltips are a real pain.  I don't know how to do that.
> 
> > * I would love to have tooltips on the arrows too. when trying to
> > follow what arrow is what file it makes things really handi
> 
> Actually they do have tooltips - it's just that the arrows are really
> thin so you have to be very accurate with your mouse pointing!
> 
> > It would be nice if there were a way to filter only some files in
> > the output... there probably is with the git-log like syntax but
> > i'm not a master of that... hints would be welcome
> 
> Try just specifying the files:
> 
> $ graph_git.pl -10  filename1 filename2
> 
> I haven't tested, but it should work
> 
> > is there a public repo for this script so I can point other people
> > to it ?
> 
> No - any suggestions as to where to put it are welcome :)
> 
> John
> 

> looking a little bit more into this, I was very suprised....
>
> there seems to be little/no tools in the git ecosystem that studies the dependencies between commits based on the file they modified and/or the conflict they would cause.
>
> Is there any pre-existing tool to do that ? It can be done with git-log --name-only(the graph_git.pl is just a graphing layer above that command) but i'm suprised that I couldn't find anything else
>
> And that was at the file level, is there any tool to help find what commits can be reordered without causing conflicts ? I am not sure if there is an easy way to extract potential conflict information from git...