From: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: christian.couder@gmail.com, karthik.188@gmail.com,
jltobler@gmail.com, ayu.chandekar@gmail.com,
siddharthasthana31@gmail.com, chandrapratap3519@gmail.com,
gitster@pobox.com, j6t@kdbg.org, szeder.dev@gmail.com,
Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
Subject: [GSoC PATCH v5 2/2] graph: add documentation and tests about --graph-lane-limit
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:44:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260325174401.217577-3-pabloosabaterr@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260325174401.217577-1-pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
Document --graph-lane-limit option in rev-list-options.adoc with
--graph option.
Add multiple tests in t4215 reusing existing last graph, test
for different scenarios.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc | 6 ++
t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh | 144 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 150 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc
index 2d195a1474..56590f4e95 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc
@@ -1259,6 +1259,12 @@ This implies the `--topo-order` option by default, but the
in between them in that case. If _<barrier>_ is specified, it
is the string that will be shown instead of the default one.
+`--graph-lane-limit=<n>`::
+ When `--graph` is used, limit the number of graph lanes to be shown.
+ Lanes over the limit are replaced with a truncation mark '~'. By default
+ it is set to 0 (no limit), zero and negative values are ignored and
+ treated as no limit.
+
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
`--count`::
Print a number stating how many commits would have been
diff --git a/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh b/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh
index 28d0779a8c..1612f05f1b 100755
--- a/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh
@@ -370,4 +370,148 @@ test_expect_success 'log --graph with multiple tips' '
EOF
'
+test_expect_success 'log --graph --graph-lane-limit=2 limited to two lanes' '
+ check_graph --graph-lane-limit=2 M_7 <<-\EOF
+ *-. 7_M4
+ |\ \
+ | | * 7_G
+ | | * 7_F
+ | * ~ 7_E
+ | * ~ 7_D
+ * | ~ 7_C
+ | |/
+ |/|
+ * | 7_B
+ |/
+ * 7_A
+ EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph --graph-lane-limit=1 truncate mid octopus merge' '
+ check_graph --graph-lane-limit=1 M_7 <<-\EOF
+ *-~ 7_M4
+ |\~
+ | ~ 7_G
+ | ~ 7_F
+ | * 7_E
+ | * 7_D
+ * ~ 7_C
+ | ~
+ |/~
+ * ~ 7_B
+ |/
+ * 7_A
+ EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph --graph-lane-limit=3 limited to three lanes' '
+ check_graph --graph-lane-limit=3 M_1 M_3 M_5 M_7 <<-\EOF
+ * 7_M1
+ |\
+ | | * 7_M2
+ | | |\
+ | | | * 7_H
+ | | | ~ 7_M3
+ | | | ~ 7_J
+ | | | ~ 7_I
+ | | | ~ 7_M4
+ | |_|_~
+ |/| | ~
+ | | |_~
+ | |/| ~
+ | | | ~
+ | | |/~
+ | | * ~ 7_G
+ | | | ~
+ | | |/~
+ | | * ~ 7_F
+ | * | ~ 7_E
+ | | |/~
+ | |/| ~
+ | * | ~ 7_D
+ | | |/
+ | |/|
+ * | | 7_C
+ | |/
+ |/|
+ * | 7_B
+ |/
+ * 7_A
+ EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph --graph-lane-limit=6 check if it only shows first of 3 parent merge' '
+ check_graph --graph-lane-limit=6 M_1 M_3 M_5 M_7 <<-\EOF
+ * 7_M1
+ |\
+ | | * 7_M2
+ | | |\
+ | | | * 7_H
+ | | | | * 7_M3
+ | | | | |\
+ | | | | | * 7_J
+ | | | | * | 7_I
+ | | | | | | * 7_M4
+ | |_|_|_|_|/~
+ |/| | | | |/~
+ | | |_|_|/| ~
+ | |/| | | |/
+ | | | |_|/|
+ | | |/| | |
+ | | * | | | 7_G
+ | | | |_|/
+ | | |/| |
+ | | * | | 7_F
+ | * | | | 7_E
+ | | |/ /
+ | |/| |
+ | * | | 7_D
+ | | |/
+ | |/|
+ * | | 7_C
+ | |/
+ |/|
+ * | 7_B
+ |/
+ * 7_A
+ EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph --graph-lane-limit=7 check if it shows all 3 parent merge' '
+ check_graph --graph-lane-limit=7 M_1 M_3 M_5 M_7 <<-\EOF
+ * 7_M1
+ |\
+ | | * 7_M2
+ | | |\
+ | | | * 7_H
+ | | | | * 7_M3
+ | | | | |\
+ | | | | | * 7_J
+ | | | | * | 7_I
+ | | | | | | * 7_M4
+ | |_|_|_|_|/|\
+ |/| | | | |/ /
+ | | |_|_|/| /
+ | |/| | | |/
+ | | | |_|/|
+ | | |/| | |
+ | | * | | | 7_G
+ | | | |_|/
+ | | |/| |
+ | | * | | 7_F
+ | * | | | 7_E
+ | | |/ /
+ | |/| |
+ | * | | 7_D
+ | | |/
+ | |/|
+ * | | 7_C
+ | |/
+ |/|
+ * | 7_B
+ |/
+ * 7_A
+ EOF
+'
+
test_done
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-25 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-16 13:34 [GSoC RFC PATCH] graph: add --graph-max option to limit displayed columns Pablo Sabater
2026-03-16 17:04 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-03-16 19:48 ` Pablo
2026-03-17 22:09 ` [GSoC RFC PATCH v2] graph: add --max-columns " Pablo Sabater
2026-03-18 16:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-18 18:20 ` Pablo
2026-03-19 7:07 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-03-22 19:54 ` [GSoC PATCH WIP RFC v3 0/3] graph: add --graph-lane-limit option Pablo Sabater
2026-03-22 20:37 ` [GSoC PATCH WIP RFC v3 1/3] " Pablo Sabater
2026-03-22 20:38 ` [GSoC PATCH WIP RFC v3 2/3] graph: truncate graph visual output Pablo Sabater
2026-03-22 20:38 ` [GSoC PATCH WIP RFC v3 3/3] graph: add documentation and testing about --graph-lane-limit Pablo Sabater
2026-03-22 22:09 ` [GSoC PATCH WIP RFC v3 1/3] graph: add --graph-lane-limit option Junio C Hamano
2026-03-23 2:33 ` Pablo
2026-03-23 21:59 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/3] " Pablo Sabater
2026-03-23 21:59 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 1/3] " Pablo Sabater
2026-03-25 7:02 ` SZEDER Gábor
2026-03-25 10:03 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-03-25 12:29 ` Pablo
2026-03-23 21:59 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 2/3] graph: truncate graph visual output Pablo Sabater
2026-03-25 10:04 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-03-25 11:19 ` Pablo
2026-03-23 21:59 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 3/3] graph: add documentation and tests about --graph-lane-limit Pablo Sabater
2026-03-25 10:07 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-03-25 11:49 ` Pablo
2026-03-25 10:02 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/3] graph: add --graph-lane-limit option Johannes Sixt
2026-03-25 12:28 ` Pablo
2026-03-25 17:44 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-03-25 17:58 ` Pablo
2026-03-25 17:43 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 0/2] " Pablo Sabater
2026-03-25 17:44 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 1/2] " Pablo Sabater
2026-03-25 22:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-27 14:22 ` Pablo
2026-03-27 16:07 ` Pablo
2026-03-27 16:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-25 17:44 ` Pablo Sabater [this message]
2026-03-28 0:11 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 0/3] " Pablo Sabater
2026-03-28 0:11 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 1/3] graph: limit the graph width to a hard-coded max Pablo Sabater
2026-03-28 0:11 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 2/3] graph: add --graph-lane-limit option Pablo Sabater
2026-03-28 0:11 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 3/3] graph: add truncation mark to capped lanes Pablo Sabater
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