On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Nick Chen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Is there a nice way to visualize the history of Monticello repository? In
> particular, I would like to be able to quickly identify the presence of
> branching/merging.
>
> http://forum.world.st/file/n3508002/MonticelloBrowseHistory.png
>
> Consider the screenshot above. Without a graphical visualizer, it is hard
> to
> tell that LanguageOfLanguages-NC.42.mcz and
> LanguageOfLanguages-jamie.42.mcz
> branched out from LanguageOfLanguages-jamie.41.mcz. Their names might hint
> that they do (because of the "42") but that isn't always reliable.
>
> Additionally, without a graphical visualizer, it is also impossible to tell
> that I did a merge in LanguageOfLanguages-NC.50.mcz unless I look at the
> commit message and check the ancestors.
>
> If no graphical visualizer exists, how do Smalltalkers normally check for
> branching/merging?
>
>
Did you know about Torch?
http://soft.vub.ac.be/torch/Home.html

I've cc'ed Veronica ;)

Cheers

Mariano



> Thanks!
>
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> Nick
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>


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