2009/8/10 Peer Sommerlund <peer.sommerl...@gmail.com>
>
>
> 2009/3/17 Steve Borho <st...@borho.org>
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Peer Sommerlund
>> <peer.sommerl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi there
>> > Have anybody tried to design a revision graph that does not make lots of
>> > strings when using the repeated-merge-pattern?
>> > Take a look at THG crew revisions 1545:1728 in hgtk log to see what I
>> mean.
>> > Here Simon Heimberg's changes were added.
>> >
>> >
>> > Would it be possible to only make a new swim-lane if a head was created
>> at
>> > the time of the changeset?
>> > An algorithm like this
>> > heads = empty
>> > for each changeset from old to new
>> > count number of parents to changeset that are also in heads
>> > 0: make a new swimlane for the new head
>> > 1: use swimlane for that head
>> > 2: replace primary head (or leftmost head) and delete other swimlane
>> > It would require a new changeset glyph that indicated a merge, but only
>> had
>> > a line to one of the parents
>>
>> I think what you mainly need to do would be to list the revisions out
>> of order. If you followed lines of development from heads through
>> ancestors rather than walking down revision IDs, you end up with much
>> fewer open lines of development.
>>
>> It's a potentially bi-directional walking algorithm, though. I'm not
>> aware of any tools that actually use it. I think I've heard of
>> prototypes, though.
>>
>
> I'm trying to implement it, and will send patches when it is ready.
>
> Regards,
> Peer
>
It is not yet ready for prime time, but anybody interested can test the code
at
http://bitbucket.org/peso/thg-branch-view/
Note this is a patch branch repo. The code lives at branch "branch-view".
Regards,
Peer
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