From: James Coglan <jcoglan@gmail.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
James Coglan via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Improve the readability of log --graph output
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:49:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34315593-7284-86a7-fe45-6d830352e69b@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191013071500.GA30652@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On 13/10/2019 08:15, Jeff King wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 09:13:42AM -0700, James Coglan via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> A final addition to that set of changes fixes the coloring of dashes that
>> are drawn next to octopus merges, in a manner compatible with all these
>> changes. The early commits in this set are refactorings that make the
>> functional changes easier to introduce.
>
> As somebody who has pondered the octopus coloring code (for an
> embarrassingly long time considering that it still has some bugs!), let
> me just say thank you for taking this on. :)
>
> Moreover, I'll echo Dscho's comments elsewhere on the quality of this
> series. It's a tricky topic to explain, and the way you've broken it up,
> along with the commit messages, comments, and diagrams made it much
> easier to follow.
>
> Others have already commented on things I saw while reading it, so I'll
> just add a few more thoughts.
>
>> This series of patches are designed to improve the output of the log --graph
>> command; their effect can be summed up in the following diagram:
>>
>> Before After
>> ------ -----
>>
>> *
>> |\
>> | * *
>> | |\ |\
>> | | * | *
>> | | | | |\
>> | | \ | | *
>> | *-. \ | * |
>> | |\ \ \ |/|\|
>> |/ / / / | | *
>> | | | / | * |
>> | | |/ | |/
>> | | * * /
>> | * | |/
>> | |/ *
>> * |
>> |/
>> *
>
> I wondered if anybody would prefer the sparseness of the "before"
> diagram, and if that would merit having two modes that could selected at
> runtime. I'm not sure I'd want to carry the code for both types, though;
> it seems like a recipe for the non-default output format to accrue a
> bunch of bugs (since the graph code has proven itself to be a magnet for
> off-by-ones and other weirdness).
You're probably right about the non-default mode hiding bugs, but if you did want to do this, I believe the original rendering can be preserved by the following small switches:
- always set `merge_layout = 1`; this will prevent skewing to the left
- do not modify `edges_added` if the last parent fuses with its neighbor
I believe all the layout changes are driven by these values, so you should be able to set in such a way as to preserve the original rendering by ignoring the special cases that lead to them having different values.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-14 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-10 16:13 [PATCH 00/11] Improve the readability of log --graph output James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 01/11] graph: automatically track visible width of `strbuf` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 21:07 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-10 23:05 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-11 0:49 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-11 1:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 5:01 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-11 16:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-11 17:20 ` James Coglan
2019-10-12 0:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-12 16:22 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-14 12:55 ` James Coglan
2019-10-14 13:01 ` James Coglan
2019-10-16 2:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 1:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 17:08 ` James Coglan
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 02/11] graph: reuse `find_new_column_by_commit()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 03/11] graph: reduce duplication in `graph_insert_into_new_columns()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 04/11] graph: remove `mapping_idx` and `graph_update_width()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 06/11] graph: tidy up display of left-skewed merges James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 17:19 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-11 16:50 ` James Coglan
2019-10-12 1:36 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-14 13:11 ` James Coglan
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 05/11] graph: extract logic for moving to GRAPH_PRE_COMMIT state James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 07/11] graph: commit and post-merge lines for left-skewed merges James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 17:49 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-11 17:04 ` James Coglan
2019-10-13 6:56 ` Jeff King
2019-10-14 15:38 ` James Coglan
2019-10-14 17:41 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-14 20:42 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 08/11] graph: rename `new_mapping` to `old_mapping` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 09/11] graph: smooth appearance of collapsing edges on commit lines James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 10/11] graph: flatten edges that join to their right neighbor James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 16:13 ` [PATCH 11/11] graph: fix coloring of octopus dashes James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-10 18:16 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-10 18:28 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-13 7:22 ` Jeff King
2019-10-10 17:54 ` [PATCH 00/11] Improve the readability of log --graph output Derrick Stolee
2019-10-13 7:15 ` Jeff King
2019-10-14 15:49 ` James Coglan [this message]
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] " James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] graph: automatically track display width of graph lines James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] graph: handle line padding in `graph_next_line()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] graph: reuse `find_new_column_by_commit()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] graph: reduce duplication in `graph_insert_into_new_columns()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] graph: remove `mapping_idx` and `graph_update_width()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] graph: extract logic for moving to GRAPH_PRE_COMMIT state James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] graph: example of graph output that can be simplified James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] graph: tidy up display of left-skewed merges James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:41 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] graph: commit and post-merge lines for " James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:41 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] graph: rename `new_mapping` to `old_mapping` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:41 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] graph: smooth appearance of collapsing edges on commit lines James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:41 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] graph: flatten edges that fuse with their right neighbor James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:41 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] graph: fix coloring of octopus dashes James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] Improve the readability of log --graph output James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] graph: automatically track display width of graph lines James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-16 3:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-16 5:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] graph: handle line padding in `graph_next_line()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-16 3:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] graph: reuse `find_new_column_by_commit()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] graph: reduce duplication in `graph_insert_into_new_columns()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] graph: remove `mapping_idx` and `graph_update_width()` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] graph: extract logic for moving to GRAPH_PRE_COMMIT state James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] graph: example of graph output that can be simplified James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-17 12:30 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-18 15:21 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-12 1:08 ` [PATCH] t4215: don't put git commands upstream of pipe Denton Liu
2019-11-12 6:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-12 10:54 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-12 18:56 ` [PATCH v3] t4215: use helper function to check output Denton Liu
2019-11-13 2:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] graph: tidy up display of left-skewed merges James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-16 4:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-17 12:34 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-18 0:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] graph: commit and post-merge lines for " James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] graph: rename `new_mapping` to `old_mapping` James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] graph: smooth appearance of collapsing edges on commit lines James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] graph: flatten edges that fuse with their right neighbor James Coglan via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] graph: fix coloring of octopus dashes James Coglan via GitGitGadget
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