gitink
ASCII to SVG Git log graph visualizer. Useful for teaching Git. Under the hood it uses https://github.com/bast/ascii2graph.
Example
$ cat example.txt
[feature]
|
v
x1-----x2
/
c1----c2----m1----c3----c4
\ / ^
b1----b2----b3 |
^ ^ [main,HEAD]
| |
[_branch] [branch]$ gitink --in-file=example.txt | displayThis produces (display command requires imagemagick):
Available options
$ gitink --help
Usage: gitink [OPTIONS]
Options:
--scale FLOAT Scale sizes by this factor.
--in-file TEXT ASCII file to convert.
--time-direction INTEGER Direction of the time arrow (0, 90, 180, or 270).
Default: 90 (right).
--help Show this message and exit.Installation
$ pip install gitinkHow do the colors work?
Coloring is done according to the first character of the commit hash. Other suggestions welcome.
Other projects that are interesting
- Asciio: this project has a Git mode and can be scripted using the API to generate graphs.
