Monticello: How to visualize history?

Hi

Is there a nice way to visualize the history of Monticello repository? In
particular, I would like to be able to quickly identify the presence of
branching/merging.

http://forum.world.st/file/n3508002/MonticelloBrowseHistory.png

Consider the screenshot above. Without a graphical visualizer, it is hard to
tell that LanguageOfLanguages-NC.42.mcz and LanguageOfLanguages-jamie.42.mcz
branched out from LanguageOfLanguages-jamie.41.mcz. Their names might hint
that they do (because of the "42") but that isn't always reliable.

Additionally, without a graphical visualizer, it is also impossible to tell
that I did a merge in LanguageOfLanguages-NC.50.mcz unless I look at the
commit message and check the ancestors.

If no graphical visualizer exists, how do Smalltalkers normally check for
branching/merging?

Thanks!

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Thanks Mariano for the pointer to Torch – it's new to me. I can see myself
using
it for some tasks in the future especially when dealing with big changes.
Kudos
also to the creator (Veronica?), the UI is quite pretty and functional.

Incidentally, would it be possible to mention Torch in the Pharo Tools
section
of the Pharo CollaborActive Book
<http://book.pharo-project.org/book/PharoTools>? That's usually where
I (and I
suspect other people) go to to find out about such useful tools.

Anyway, back to my question. I tried out Torch but I can't seem to find how
to
visualize the history of a repository - Torch visualizes changes. I
didn't see anything about that on the Torch screenshot page either. Is it a
hidden
option somewhere?

Thanks!

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Hi,

On 10 May 2011, at 09:56, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:

Thanks Mariano for the pointer to Torch – it's new to me. I can see myself
using
it for some tasks in the future especially when dealing with big changes.
Kudos
also to the creator (Veronica?), the UI is quite pretty and functional.

Incidentally, would it be possible to mention Torch in the Pharo Tools
section
of the Pharo CollaborActive Book
<http://book.pharo-project.org/book/PharoTools>? That's usually where
I (and I
suspect other people) go to to find out about such useful tools.

Yes, this is a good idea. I can create her a user to edit the website if she wants.

Yup... So I can add info about Torch.

 

Anyway, back to my question. I tried out Torch but I can't seem to find how
to
visualize the history of a repository - Torch visualizes changes. I
didn't see anything about that on the Torch screenshot page either. Is it a
hidden
option somewhere?

Indeed, currently Torch is focused on showing the changes between versions.

I started working on change analysis and its history will be presented in visualizations.  Adding the rep history shouldn't be complicated, I will include it too. 

I have no idea. Maybe the moose guys have something to share?
 

Thanks!

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