Git history visualization
Dev tools
repository visualization
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Design: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive data visualization and organization
From 2 comments
Wow, from the data viz perspective this is super impressive. The amount of data you managed to display and how you organized it is very impressive. Maybe it's the amount of…
tuxie_ on HNOP here. I wrote up some additional details on how this was created on my blog: https://jpalmer.dev/2021/05/interactive-git-history/. If anyone has ideas about milestones that I…
jwpalmer6 on HN
Interesting idea for tracking repository ownership
From 1 comment
This is really cool. I started a project in a similar vein a few years back that I loosely called "What Did I Do" that would allow you to track blame / "ownership" over time. I…
shortstuffsushi on HN
Objections
Text too small on laptop screens
From 2 comments
I know there was a warning in the beginning, but with my laptop the text was so small that it rendered the whole thing useless. Zooming didn't help either. I am sure this is…
ximm on HNIt is small for the laptop screens too. Like letters are unreadably little.
rottc0dd on HN
Incorrect mobile/desktop size warning on 4K display
From 2 comments
Neat! Thanks for sharing. >Note: This visualization was designed for screens larger than 1024 x 1024 and for desktop-style interactions. Why am I getting this warning on my 4K…
uhoh-itsmaciek on HNAh, so not sure how you're checking, but it looks like your thresholds might be just too aggressive: it looks like my window.innerHeight < 1024 [1] and that's probably triggering…
uhoh-itsmaciek on HN
Hard to draw conclusions from the data
From 1 comment
Wow, from the data viz perspective this is super impressive. The amount of data you managed to display and how you organized it is very impressive. Maybe it's the amount of…
tuxie_ on HN
Requests
Support other repositories such as Go, Kubernetes, Angular, React
From 2 comments
This is awesome! Would it be possible to make this for other repos as well, such as Go language, or Kubernetes? Do you have a plan to extract a reusable foundation out of this…
alpb on HN1. That's basically what I wrote :) although I collected different info. It can be really time intensive for bigger / older repositories... 2. Just going off commit author /…
shortstuffsushi on HN
Link contribution counts to actual commits
From 1 comment
After a user clicks on the streamgraph, the bottom-left displays information about commits by the corresponding contributor in the corresponding quarter; the contributor name is…
jamessb on HN
Questions
Does it work for any git repository?
From 2 comments
I love such visualizations, nice work! Does this work for any git repository? Btw. for a visualization of all the git line endings settings, you might find this tool helpful:…
Gehinnn on HNThis is really cool. I started a project in a similar vein a few years back that I loosely called "What Did I Do" that would allow you to track blame / "ownership" over time. I…
shortstuffsushi on HN
Alternatives named
gitsense insights tool for commit history
From 1 comment
Here's his contribution in the last 5 years…
sdesol on HN
hediet git-line-endings tool
From 1 comment
I love such visualizations, nice work! Does this work for any git repository? Btw. for a visualization of all the git line endings settings, you might find this tool helpful:…
Gehinnn on HN