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In this article, we will see how to get a visualization of the warehouse. We will use git logthe command to see the topology of the warehouse.

Visualizing Git repositories

Most developers using Git spend most of their time bashin the terminal. A simple git logcommand will list all your commits.

However, it can be difficult to develop a mental model of your warehouse. Others may find it difficult to understand your workflow.

Fortunately, you can use methods to visualize your repository, which we will cover shortly.

In the following example, we use git log --oneline --allto view the history of a repository.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ git log --oneline --all
e923721 (refs/stash) WIP on main: 78129a6 Revert "$git status"
032ee0a index on main: 78129a6 Revert "git status"
78129a6 (HEAD -> main, New_Branch, Last_Branch, Branch1) Revert "$git status"
195e5c3 git status
7b19db4 first commit
b2f7710 (origin/main) Initial commit

The above is just a simple flat view. You can add --graphparameters to get a better view.

Then your command should be git log --oneline --all --graph.

example:

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ git log --oneline --all --graph
*   e923721 (refs/stash) WIP on main: 78129a6 Revert "git status"
|\
| * 032ee0a index on main: 78129a6 Revert "git status"
|/
* 78129a6 (HEAD -> main, New_Branch, Last_Branch, Branch1) Revert "git status"
* 195e5c3 $git status
* 7b19db4 first commit
* b2f7710 (origin/main) Initial commit

This looks better, but we can go a step further and identify branch and tag labels.

We use the parameter in the following contexts --decorate.

git log --oneline --all --graph --decorate

You can also add --colorparameters to make the layout work better in the following contexts.

git log --oneline --all --graph --decorate --color

It is a rather long command to type every time you want to visualize your repository. Make it easier for yourself by assigning an alias to your command as shown below.

In the following example, we will git log --oneline --all --graph --decorate --colorgive an alias to the command glt.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ alias glt='git log --oneline --decorate --graph --all'

Let's run the command using the alias.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ alias glt
alias glt='git log --oneline --decorate --graph --all'

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ glt
*   e923721 (refs/stash) WIP on main: 78129a6 Revert "$git status"
|\
| * 032ee0a index on main: 78129a6 Revert "$git status"
|/
* 78129a6 (HEAD -> main, New_Branch, Last_Branch, Branch1) Revert "$git status"
* 195e5c3 $git status
* 7b19db4 first commit
* b2f7710 (origin/main) Initial commit