Re: [PATCH 1/2] revision: Denote root commits with '#'

On 1/17/21 4:10 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Kyle Marek[off-list ref]  writes:

quoted

This aids in identifying where an unrelated branch history starts when
using `git log --graph --oneline --all`

Signed-off-by: Kyle Marek<redacted>
---
  revision.c | 6 ++++--
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

No tests?

I'm not very familiar with the code base. I now see the t/README file.

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diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 9dff845bed..8556923de8 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c

@@ -4191,9 +4191,11 @@ const char *get_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs, const struct commit *
  			return "<";
  		else
  			return ">";
-	} else if (revs->graph)
+	} else if (revs->graph) {
+		if (!commit->parents)
+			return "#";
  		return "*";
-	else if (revs->cherry_mark)
+	} else if (revs->cherry_mark)
  		return "+";
  	return "";
  }

Here is what I tried to come up with, but somehow the "#" marker is
not showing for me.

The "counted plus --left-right" tests stress why a single "#" is not
good enough.  I think the patch also needs to replace "<" and ">"
for root commits that are left and right---in the tests, I used "L"
to denote "root that is on the left side" (and "R" for the right
side) instead of single "#", so that we do not to lose information.

By the way, as I already said in the original thread, I do not think
the '#' marking is a good idea; I'd rather see the root commit shown
by shifting columns.

Sorry, I wasn't subscribed to the list until Jason CC'd me on his 
request. I also wasn't aware of --left-right.

I'll investigate the revision-mark shifting idea. I am concerned that it 
would get complicated if a graph edge extends around a revision that 
needs to be shifted, but I'm finding it difficult to produce this with 
--graph:

*   8d82d0a (HEAD -> master) Merge branch 'o1'
|\
| * 3479914 (o1) O1
| * a674e07 O1        <-- root commit
| * 2237b52 (t) T
| * f525fa5 T
|/
* f15f936 A
| * 9e289ed (u) U
|/
* ee911c8 initial     <-- root commit

vs:

*   8ee9b14 (HEAD -> master) Merge branch 'u'
|\
| * ed1990f (u) U
* |   277f31c Merge branch 'o1'
|\ \
| * | eaa71bb (o1) O1
| * | 9203a43 O1      <-- root commit
|  /
| | * bc2c4d9 (t) T
| | * 2d3c03b T
| |/
|/|
* | 6a26183 A
|/
* da85ccf initial     <-- root commit
  

Thoughts? Will git ever graph something like:

*
|\
| *
* |
|\ \
| * | <-- root commit
| * | <-- some head
|/ /
* /
|/
*     <-- root commit

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