On 4/29/20 4:08 AM, Philip Oakley wrote: >> +--simplify-forks:: >> + Convert the commit graph into a spanning subgraph produced by a >> + depth-first-search of the history graph, searching the leftmost >> + parent first, and discarding edges to commits already visited. >> + Useful with `--graph` to visualize repositories with many merges >> + when you are interested in was added to master, and not when the >> + branch was last rebased. > > Does this also need to actually mention that it effectively discard > edges to fork points, as per the option name?. No rebasing required for > it to be useful. > s/when/where/ > "...and not where the branch was last rebased or forked from." - not > great but actually mentions the option. > > -- > Philip Good point. More generally, my description of the option is not very useful unless you already basically understand what it's doing. How about: > --simplify-forks:: > Omits the parent relationship of the first commit of merged branches. > Effectively discards all information about the fork point of merged > branches. It does so by converting the commit graph into a > spanning subgraph produced by a depth-first-search of the history > graph, searching the leftmost parent first, and discarding edges > to commits already visited. Useful with `--graph` to visualize > repositories with many merges when you are most interested in > when branches were merged. Antonio
