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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> writes:

> I'm toying with what a 'git reflog show' might look like.  I attached
> the prototype code below.  Here's the output from the recent part of
> my mmap pack window topic:
>
>   $ ./git-reflog show refs/heads/sp/mapwin
>   ...clipped for space...
>   

The output should look almost the same as "git log" for the part
that represents a series of normal branch activity where commits
are built up one-by-one.  I think it would be useful if you can
somehow make parts that are _not_ linear stand out and perhaps
allow omitting a stretch of ordinary single strand of pearls.