2012-01-07 22:13:12 +00:00
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[Gource](http://code.google.com/p/gource/) is an amazing animated
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visualisation of a git repository.
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Normally, gource shows files being added, removed, and changed in
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the repository, and the user(s) making the changes. Of course it can be
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used in this way in a repository using git-annex too; just run `gource`.
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The other way to use gource with git-annex is to visualise the movement of
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annexed file contents between repositories. In this view, the "users" are
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repositories, and they move around the file contents that are being added
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or removed from them with git-annex.
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2012-01-08 01:46:32 +00:00
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[[!img screenshot.jpg]]
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2012-01-07 22:13:12 +00:00
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To use gource this way, first go into the directory you want to visualize,
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and use `git annex log` to make an input file for `gource`:
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2012-01-19 23:10:25 +00:00
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git annex log --gource | tee gource.log
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2012-01-07 22:13:12 +00:00
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sort gource.log | gource --log-format custom -
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The `git annex log` can take a while, to speed it up you can use something
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2012-01-19 23:10:25 +00:00
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like `--after "4 months ago"` to limit how far back it goes.
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