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git-big-picture - visualize git repositories

git-big-picture OPTIONS [<repo-directory>]

<repo-directory>
path to the Git working directory (default: current directory)

show program's version number and exit
show this help message and exit
run cProfile profiler writing pstats output to FILE
activate debug output

Options to control output and format

set output format [svg, png, ps, pdf, ...]
enforce a specific direction of history on Graphviz (default: upwards)
output lines suitable as input for dot/graphviz
disable dot/graphviz output
output the dot processed, binary data
disable binary output
write image to tempfile and start specified viewer
disable starting viewer
write image to specified file
disable writing image to file
wait for SECONDS seconds before deleting the temporary file that is opened using the viewer command (default: 2.0 seconds); this helps e.g. with viewer commands that tell other running processes to open that file on their behalf, to then shut themselves down

Options to control commit/ref selection

include all commits
show commits pointed to by branches
do not show commits pointed to by branches
show commits pointed to by tags
do not show commits pointed to by tags
show root commits
do not show root commits
include merge commits
do not include merge commits
include bifurcation commits
do not include bifurcation commits
include commit messages on labels
do not include commit messages on labels
January 2021 git-big-picture