Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:
On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Ben Clifford wrote:
quoted
Screen shot is at:
http://www/hawaga.org.uk/ben/tech/gitk-eww-1.png
Yes. gitk doesn't look wonderful with octopus merges, the lines start
crossing. Oh well. I think you have to live with it, it's done this for a
long time.
FWIW, when the first ever Octopus was made, it looked wonderful.
The way gitk renders octopus is somehow quite different these
days.