[PATCH 0 of 1] Draw default branch on graph with colored bold line

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Tue Jan 10 14:02:27 CST 2012


On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 10:39 -0600, Kevin Bullock wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2012, at 2:06 AM, Constantine wrote:
> 
> > Matt, I'm waiting for your feedback
> 
> I think there are two unresolved issues that need _discussion_ on-list, and it seems to me that the ball's currently in your court:
> 
> 1. Config syntax
> 2. How to handle multiple (topological) heads on one (named) branch
> 
> As to [1], I agree with Matt's refinement of my suggestion. (It matches the way that e.g. external diff tools are configured.)
> 
> I don't see any clarity yet on [2], so before you send another patch, let's talk it out. For starters, what possibilities are we actually considering?
> 
> a. Making lines on entire default branch (including all heads) bold
> b. Making only the line to the tipmost head on default branch bold
> c. ???
> 
> (b) has merit in the ability to tell visually which head you would get from cloning. If we go that route we should also take into account the '@' bookmark if it exists.

I'm fine with either for now. The point of this diversion is not to add
a bunch of new features to Constantine's original patch, it's to make
sure it allows for them cleanly in the future.

At this point, Constantine should resend his original width patch
adjusted to accept the above syntax.

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