A git commits graph widget using HTML5/Canvas. Provide a jQuery plugin which make it easy to use.
inspired by bitbucket
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Here is a pure HTML5+JS version, which hosted by github pages.
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Demo is a python version, which shows how I get preformatted data.
To run it, you should install libgit2 first, and then install all python dependencies through
pip install -r demo/requirements.txt
. Finally, you can./tools/run_demo.sh
.Try visit,
where {path} denotes the absolute path to your local git repository.
All of the options have defaults and are not required for execution of the script. (See demo/
for example)
height|width: 600
- Input the desired height|width of the canvas in pixels.orientation: "horizontal"|"vertical"
- Allows the user to plot the graph either horizontally or vertically.x_step|y_step: 20
- Select the step sizes of the graph, i.e. how many pixels between branches and commits.dotRadius: 3
- Specify the radius in pixels of the commit dots.lineWidth: 2
- Specify the width of the lines in pixels.
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How do you get preformatted data to draw this graph?
see
git/
&demo/
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What's the input data format?
The graph data is composed of an array of nodes. As documented in the commits_graphy.py, each node is formatted as follows:
[ sha, //Commit hash [offset, branch], // Dot (offset: x-position, branch: branch no.) [ [from, to, branch], // Route 1 (from: x-position, to: x-position of y+1, brach: branch no.) [from, to, branch], // Route 2 [from, to, branch], ] // Route array ]
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How does the graph been drawn?
It loops through the node array and draws from the top, one level by one level. For each iteration, it draws a dot(a commit) and the lines(the branches) require to the next level.
For example,
The above graph is represented as
[ commit1, [0,0], [[0,0,0]], commit2, [0,0], [[0,0,0], [0,1,1]], commit3, [1,1], [[0,0,0], [1,1,1], [1,2,2]], commit4, [0,0], [[0,0,0], [1,1,1], [2,2,2]], ... ]
Branch 0: Red Branch 1: Yellow Branch 2: Green y{n}: n represent the offset of y x{n}: n represent the offset of x
Iteration 1 - commit1
- Draw a dot (offset: x{0} y{0}, Branch: 0)
- Draw a line (from: x{0} y{0}, to: x{0} y{1}, Branch: 0)
- Move painter to y{1}
Iteration 2 - commit2
- Draw a dot (offset: x{0} y{1}, Branch: 0)
- Draw a line (from: x{0} y{1}, to: x{0} y{2}, Branch: 0)
- Draw a line (from: x{0} y{1}, to: x{1} y{2}, Branch: 1)
- Move painter to y{2}
Iteration 3 - commit 3
- Draw a dot (offset: x{1} y{2}, Branch: 1)
- Draw a line (from: x{0} y{2}, to: x{0} y{3}, Branch: 0)
- Draw a line (from: x{1} y{2}, to: x{1} y{3}, Branch: 1)
- Draw a line (from: x{1} y{2}, to: x{2} y{3}, Branch: 2)
- Move painter to y{3}
Iteration 4 - commit 4
- Draw a dot (offset: x{0} y{3}, Branch: 0)
- Draw a line (from: x{0} y{3}, to: x{0} y{4}, Branch: 0)
- Draw a line (from: x{1} y{3}, to: x{1} y{4}, Branch: 1)
- Draw a line (from: x{1} y{3}, to: x{2} y{4}, Branch: 2)
- Move painter to y{4}