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Graphic view of revision history in CVS.

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 12:43 pm
by Heavy
In the Cederqvist CVS manual, there are ASCII-graphical representations of the revision history of a file in the repository.
For example:

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+-------------+
                           Branch 1.2.2.3.2 ->        ! 1.2.2.3.2.1 !
                                                    / +-------------+
                                                   /
                                                  /
                 +---------+    +---------+    +---------+
Branch 1.2.2 -> _! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
               / +---------+    +---------+    +---------+
              /
             /
+-----+    +-----+    +-----+    +-----+    +-----+
! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !  <- The main trunk
+-----+    +-----+    +-----+    +-----+    +-----+
                !
                !
                !   +---------+    +---------+    +---------+
Branch 1.2.4 -> +---! 1.2.4.1 !----! 1.2.4.2 !----! 1.2.4.3 !
                    +---------+    +---------+    +---------+
I wonder if there is a CVS command that generates that view or if some other tools is needed to create such a view.

I know WinCVS and such have bitmap graphical view like the one I am talking about, but I am using Debian Linux and want to view this in text mode.

Any ideas?