A Realistic Log History

So far you’ve seen fairly contrived and straightforward Git repositories.

Cloning#

First, you’re going to clone a codebase with a history. My rather messy shutit project is a good example to look at. Not because of any careful curation or attention to detail in its construction but for the messiness of its history as I’ve become better acquainted with Git.

1   git clone https://github.com/ianmiell/shutit.git
2   cd shutit

Once cloned (it can take a while), run this command to view the kind of output git log can show you. Type this out:

3   git log --graph --oneline --all --decorate --topo-order

By the end of this chapter, you’ll understand what’s going on here.