Monticello: How to visualize history?
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? Thanks! -- Nick -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Monticello-How-to-visualize-history-tp3508002p3508002.... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
alex this would be a good example for mondrian :) Stef On May 9, 2011, at 12:43 AM, Nick Chen 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?
Thanks!
-- Nick
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On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Nick Chen <nchen.dev@mac.com> 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!
-- Nick
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-- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Nick Chen <nchen.dev@mac.com> wrote:
Did you know about Torch? http://soft.vub.ac.be/torch/Home.html
I've cc'ed Veronica ;)
Cheers
Mariano
-- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
Thanks Mariano for the pointer to Torch â it's new to me. I can see myself using it for some tasks in the future especially when dealing with big changes. Kudos also to the creator (Veronica?), the UI is quite pretty and functional. Incidentally, would it be possible to mention Torch in the Pharo Tools section of the Pharo CollaborActive Book <http://book.pharo-project.org/book/PharoTools>? That's usually where I (and I suspect other people) go to to find out about such useful tools. Anyway, back to my question. I tried out Torch but I can't seem to find how to visualize the history of a repository - Torch visualizes changes. I didn't see anything about that on the Torch screenshot page either. Is it a hidden option somewhere? Thanks! -- Nick -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Monticello-How-to-visualize-history-tp3508002p3509668.... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Thanks Mariano for the pointer to Torch â it's new to me. I can see myself using it for some tasks in the future especially when dealing with big changes. Kudos also to the creator (Veronica?), the UI is quite pretty and functional.
Incidentally, would it be possible to mention Torch in the Pharo Tools section of the Pharo CollaborActive Book <http://book.pharo-project.org/book/PharoTools>? That's usually where I (and I suspect other people) go to to find out about such useful tools.
Yes, this is a good idea. I can create her a user to edit the website if she wants.
Anyway, back to my question. I tried out Torch but I can't seem to find how to visualize the history of a repository - Torch visualizes changes. I didn't see anything about that on the Torch screenshot page either. Is it a hidden option somewhere?
I have no idea. Maybe the moose guys have something to share?
Thanks!
-- Nick
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-- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
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