[PATCH 3 of 3] graphmod: use different styles for different edge types

Martijn Pieters mj at zopatista.com
Thu Feb 25 08:56:35 EST 2016


On 24 February 2016 at 20:31, Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe I've misunderstood the terminology here - due to our timezones, I
> always read your emails before I've had any caffeine for the day ;) Thinking
> about it more, I think this is what you mean:
>
> Grandparent line: a line which skips one or more parent revisions, but still
> joins up to something on the current graph.
>
> Non-parent line: a line which extends past the end of the current graph.
>
> If that's right, then yes, we're both talking about the second case.

You got the terminology right, yes, we are talking about the second case.

> To me ~ looks like a terminator (similar to - for a closed branch) and I
> suspect that had to do with my misunderstanding. I like * as it has symmetry
> with globbing - it's saying there's more to the line that we're not
> explicitly spelling out.
>
> But anyway, I'm not implementing it - go with your gut.

Once the implementation is in place, it'll be trivial to play with
exact characters being used.

-- 
Martijn Pieters


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