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For some tasks, I find git show-branch easier to follow than git log. For example, inspecting the history on someone's PR before merging it. git show-branch master topic stops at the first common ...
#4: Post edited
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Alexei
·
2021-08-27T06:44:06Z (over 2 years ago)
added relevant tag
#3: Post edited
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ajv
·
2021-08-24T20:50:55Z (over 2 years ago)
- For some tasks, I find `git show-branch` easier to follow than `git log`. For example, inspecting the history on someone's PR before merging it.
- `git show-branch master topic` stops at the first common ancestor, which is usually not what I want. Usually I want to display the same commits that would have been covered by `git log master...topic`, but in a `show-branch` format. Sometimes the two are the same, but not always.
- Is there an incantation that will do this?
[Edit]: After experimenting a bit, it looks like I only run into a problem if the tip of one branch is a merge of the other. For example, consider a history like this:- ```
- master *---*---A---B---*
- \ \
- topic a---b---c---*
- ```
- If I then do `git show-branch master topic`, it doesn't include a, b, and c, even though those commits are not ancestors of master.
- For some tasks, I find `git show-branch` easier to follow than `git log`. For example, inspecting the history on someone's PR before merging it.
- `git show-branch master topic` stops at the first common ancestor, which is usually not what I want. Usually I want to display the same commits that would have been covered by `git log master...topic`, but in a `show-branch` format. Sometimes the two are the same, but not always.
- Is there an incantation that will do this?
- **[Edit]**: After experimenting a bit, it looks like I only run into a problem if the tip of one branch is a merge of the other. For example, consider a history like this:
- ```
- master *---*---A---B---*
- \ \
- topic a---b---c---*
- ```
- If I then do `git show-branch master topic`, it doesn't include a, b, and c, even though those commits are not ancestors of master.
#2: Post edited
by
ajv
·
2021-08-24T20:50:43Z (over 2 years ago)
Add clarification
- For some tasks, I find `git show-branch` easier to follow than `git log`. For example, inspecting the history on someone's PR before merging it.
- `git show-branch master topic` stops at the first common ancestor, which is usually not what I want. Usually I want to display the same commits that would have been covered by `git log master...topic`, but in a `show-branch` format. Sometimes the two are the same, but not always.
Is there an incantation that will do this?
- For some tasks, I find `git show-branch` easier to follow than `git log`. For example, inspecting the history on someone's PR before merging it.
- `git show-branch master topic` stops at the first common ancestor, which is usually not what I want. Usually I want to display the same commits that would have been covered by `git log master...topic`, but in a `show-branch` format. Sometimes the two are the same, but not always.
- Is there an incantation that will do this?
- [Edit]: After experimenting a bit, it looks like I only run into a problem if the tip of one branch is a merge of the other. For example, consider a history like this:
- ```
- master *---*---A---B---*
- \ \
- topic a---b---c---*
- ```
- If I then do `git show-branch master topic`, it doesn't include a, b, and c, even though those commits are not ancestors of master.
#1: Initial revision
by
ajv
·
2021-08-23T21:11:12Z (over 2 years ago)
How do I ask git-show-branch to display a commit range?
For some tasks, I find `git show-branch` easier to follow than `git log`. For example, inspecting the history on someone's PR before merging it. `git show-branch master topic` stops at the first common ancestor, which is usually not what I want. Usually I want to display the same commits that would have been covered by `git log master...topic`, but in a `show-branch` format. Sometimes the two are the same, but not always. Is there an incantation that will do this?