# Re: RFC: Very useful script to SVG graph the git commits from a file orientated view 2 messages from 2013-04-09 to 2013-04-09. Participants: Jeremy Rosen, Christian Couder. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/33445 ## Jeremy Rosen, 2013-04-09 08:55 Subject: Re: RFC: Very useful script to SVG graph the git commits from a file orientated view Message-ID: <1344434918.1379702.1365497705958.JavaMail.root@openwide.fr> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1344434918.1379702.1365497705958.JavaMail.root%40openwide.fr In-Reply-To: ``` 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... Regards Jérémy Rosen fight key loggers : write some perl using vim ----- Mail original ----- > 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 > ``` ## Christian Couder, 2013-04-09 14:02 Subject: Re: RFC: Very useful script to SVG graph the git commits from a file orientated view Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP8UFD2ja6DVUkXy6w-jfPsLAPJxWpkOaj3CxcOwbczTJFdZfg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1344434918.1379702.1365497705958.JavaMail.root@openwide.fr> ``` Hi, On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Jeremy Rosen wrote: > 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... It looks like this tool will do "Proactive Merge Conflicts Detection": http://commitq.com/ But it's true that it would be nice if there was something in git itself. Thanks, Christian. ```