How can you get the tree-like view of commits in terminal?
git log --graph --oneline --all
is a good start.
You may get some strange letters. They are ASCII codes for colors and structure. To solve this problem add the following to your .bashrc
:
export LESS="-R"
such that you do not need use Tig’s ASCII filter by
git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit | tig // Masi needed this
The article text-based graph from Git-ready contains other options:
git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
Regarding the article you mention, I would go with Pod’s answer: ad-hoc hand-made output.
Jakub Narębski mentions in the comments tig, a ncurses-based text-mode interface for git. See their releases.
It added a --graph
option back in 2007.