Git Timeline Generator
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git visualization
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for visualizing contributions; used by a commenter to present to non-tech staff
From 2 comments
This is super nice. Used Gitpod to quickly run the Git command on our two repos prisma/prisma (https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/prisma/prisma) and prisma/prisma-engines,…
Sujan on HNFor something more abstract and "pretty": I've used gource[0] in the past to visualise the growth of a product to org members outside of tech. One particular success story for…
Jenk on HN
Objections
Uploads CSV to server rather than processing locally
From 1 comment
I thought it will be doing it locally, it uploads the CSV to server. Please also provide a way to delete the timeline.
smusamashah on HN
Limited to top 50 contributors
From 1 comment
This is only limited to the top 50 contributors? Also would be nice if the lines are sorted by last commit date, so that we can see a cascade graph of people joining/leaving the…
ncann on HN
Name handling may fail for unusual author names or tab separators
From 2 comments
Will this work with commit name "Average Correction, Esquire"? Does it support tab as a separator?
avgcorrection on HNI said commit name. Not commit message. Maybe I should have said committer name.
avgcorrection on HN
Requests
Show contributors sorted by last commit date
From 1 comment
This is only limited to the top 50 contributors? Also would be nice if the lines are sorted by last commit date, so that we can see a cascade graph of people joining/leaving the…
ncann on HN
Ability to delete a timeline
From 1 comment
I thought it will be doing it locally, it uploads the CSV to server. Please also provide a way to delete the timeline.
smusamashah on HN
Visualize code authorship distribution over time
From 1 comment
One thing I've always wanted to see visualized if how the distribution of authorship of code evolve over time. Who wrote most of the code? Does that code remains or does it get…
michaelmure on HN
Questions
Does it handle unusual author names and tab separators?
From 1 comment
Will this work with commit name "Average Correction, Esquire"? Does it support tab as a separator?
avgcorrection on HN
Alternatives named
Gource
From 1 comment
For something more abstract and "pretty": I've used gource[0] in the past to visualise the growth of a product to org members outside of tech. One particular success story for…
Jenk on HN
git-of-theseus
From 1 comment
See https://github.com/erikbern/git-of-theseus
mfontani on HN
Repography and Work/Artwork
From 1 comment
Gource is great indeed, it can be really mesmerising watching projects with long histories. To add a couple of "pretty" alternatives (full disclosure: both mine): - Repography[0]…
arraypad on HN
fossil-scm built-in timeline
From 1 comment
This is built into fossil-scm
mixcocam on HN