{"id":14826,"date":"2011-05-05T14:39:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T12:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=14826"},"modified":"2011-05-05T20:40:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T18:40:13","slug":"branches-graph-at-github","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/05\/branches-graph-at-github\/","title":{"rendered":"Branches graph at GitHub"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>One of my favorite features of <a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\">GitHub<\/a> (and, probably, pretty much any other git client) is the graphical representation of branches. \u00a0It usually gives a crystal clear picture of how the source tree came about to be. \u00a0But I think today I actually managed to confuse the heck out of it. \u00a0Have a look at the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/05\/branches-graph-at-github\/github-confused\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/github-confused.png?fit=348%2C143&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"348,143\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GitHub Confused\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/github-confused.png?fit=348%2C143&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14827\" title=\"GitHub Confused\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/github-confused.png?resize=348%2C143&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple of commits ago it was a master branch (black) and a stable branch (magenta). \u00a0Then I (if I remember correctly) created a test branch from the latest stable, pushed it, switched to stable branch, reverted one commit, and pushed it as well, then added a couple of commits to master and merged it into test. \u00a0Pushed and got the thing above. \u00a0Weird looking source tree mutant.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;m sure it will sort itself out some time later.<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: Indeed, as expected, after just a few more merges, commits, and pushes the tree sorted itself out. \u00a0Lovely GitHub, very lovely!<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>One of my favorite features of GitHub (and, probably, pretty much any other git client) is the graphical representation of branches. \u00a0It usually gives a crystal clear picture of how the source tree came about to be. \u00a0But I think today I actually managed to confuse the heck out of it. \u00a0Have a look at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/05\/branches-graph-at-github\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Branches graph at GitHub<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,62],"tags":[2265,2809,1588],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-14826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-technology","tag-git","tag-github","tag-version-control"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of my favorite features of GitHub (and, probably, pretty much any other git client) is the graphical representation of branches. 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