====== Git branch topography ======

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|desc="Document how to get branch topography."}}

===== Steps =====

Append the following code to <wrap file>~/.gitconfig</wrap>. Then you can run 
<wrap cmd>git lg</wrap>, <wrap cmd>git lg1</wrap>, <wrap cmd>git lg2</wrap> and
<wrap cmd>git lg3</wrap> to see the output, respectively.

<codeprism>
[alias]
    lg = lg1
    lg1 = lg1-specific --all
    lg2 = lg2-specific --all
    lg3 = lg3-specific --all

    lg1-specific = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(auto)%d%C(reset)'
    lg2-specific = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(auto)%d%C(reset)%n''          %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)'
    lg3-specific = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(bold cyan)(committed: %cD)%C(reset) %C(auto)%d%C(reset)%n''          %C(white)%s%C(reset)%n''          %C(dim white)- %an <%ae> %C(reset) %C(dim white)(committer: %cn <%ce>)%C(reset)'
</codeprism>


==== Further Reading ====

  * [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1838873/visualizing-branch-topology-in-git/34467298#34467298]]