From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Keeping Subject: Re: `git log --graph` with multiple roots is confusing Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20140630080829.GB13153@serenity.lan> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" To: Gary Fixler X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jun 30 10:08:43 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X1Wdm-0008FB-W2 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:08:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754816AbaF3IIi (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:08:38 -0400 Received: from hyena.aluminati.org ([64.22.123.221]:47486 "EHLO hyena.aluminati.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752672AbaF3IIg (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:08:36 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hyena.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5B8221AD1; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:35 +0100 (BST) X-Quarantine-ID: <32hD0qzVMD7g> X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at hyena.aluminati.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.2 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 tagged_above=-9999 required=6.31 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_50=0.8] autolearn=no Received: from hyena.aluminati.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hyena.aluminati.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32hD0qzVMD7g; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:35 +0100 (BST) Received: from pichi.aluminati.org (pichi.aluminati.org [10.0.16.50]) by hyena.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 082701FEEB; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:34 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pichi.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C287B161E515; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:34 +0100 (BST) X-Quarantine-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aluminati.org Received: from pichi.aluminati.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pichi.aluminati.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id JmDZOl9os-Lb; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:34 +0100 (BST) Received: from serenity.lan (banza.aluminati.org [10.0.7.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pichi.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 59564161E248; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:08:30 +0100 (BST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:40:40PM -0700, Gary Fixler wrote: > I sometimes pull things in from unrelated repositories to rebase or > cherry-pick items from a different line of development. I've done this > to bring isolated features into a project in their own feature > branches with their full development histories, and also to extract > lines of development out to their own project, with their histories > intact. These are usually not connected commits, but things I have to > track down across time with `git log -S` and friends. > > When I `git remote add otherrepo `, then view things with my > aliased `git log --oneline --all --graph --decorate` alias, I'm > usually immediately straining to figure out what's what, as the two > trees stack onto each other with no separation. It would be nice if > root commits used something other than *, and/or if they could be > colored differently by default, or via some option to make them stand > out as parent-less commits. > > Is this feasible, or already possible? Have you tried `git log --boundary`?