git-big-picture

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "[![pre-commit](https://img.shields.io/badge/pre--commit-enabled-brightgreen?logo=pre-commit)](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit)\n[![Tests](https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml)\n\n\u003e [!IMPORTANT]\n\u003e This project is in **maintenance mode**. That means that I will:\n\u003e\n\u003e - :white_check_mark: continue to apply dependency updates and bug fixes, but will\n\u003e - :no_entry_sign: not add any new features, and will\n\u003e - :no_entry_sign: not take time to review pull requests adding features\n\u003e   or making bigger changes.\n\u003e\n\u003e Thanks for your understanding! :pray:\n\u003e\n\u003e Sebastian Pipping \u2014 Berlin, 2026-05-17\n\n\n# git-big-picture\n\n`git-big-picture` is a visualization tool for Git repositories. You can\nthink of it as a filter that removes uninteresting commits from a DAG\nmodelling a Git repository and thereby exposes the big picture: for\nexample the hierarchy of tags and branches. `git-big-picture` supports\nconvenience output options and can filter different classes of commits.\nIt uses the Graphviz utility to render images that are pleasing to the\neye.\n\n\n## A Small Example\n\nImagine the following Graph:\n\n```\n         0.1.1   0.1.2\n           |       |\n0.0    G---H---I---J---K---L---M maint\n |    /\n A---B---C---D---E---F master\n     |    \\         /\n    0.1    N---O---P topic\n```\n\nWhere the following commits have Branches and Tags:\n\n```\nA -\u003e 0.0\nB -\u003e 0.1\nF -\u003e master\nH -\u003e 0.1.1\nJ -\u003e 0.1.2\nM -\u003e maint\nP -\u003e topic\n```\n\nThe *reduced* graph of *interesting* commits would be:\n\n```\n      H---J---M\n     /\nA---B---F\n     \\ /\n      P\n```\n\nBut since the commits would be labeled with their refs, it would look\nmore like (within the limits of ASCII art):\n\n```\n          0.1.1---0.1.2---maint\n         /\n0.0---0.1---master\n         \\     /\n          topic\n```\n\n\n## Demo Video\n\nChuwei Lu has made a YouTube video showing how to use `git-big-picture`:\n\n\u003chttps://www.youtube.",
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