How to graph git branches

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I'm not sure if graphing is what I need but I think it is.

I have a rather large proliferation of git branches, I want to slim this down by deleting old branches, and merging branches that can be merged and so on, but looking at them I can't quite remember which is which.

Is there a way to graph the branches so I can for example, branches by date, or how branches differ and so on?

I'm sorry if I'm not being clear, It's a little hard to describe exactly what I'm after.

Are you using a tool such as SourceTree on the client side, or Bitbucket on the server side? They provide tools for visualizing Git branches. — Tim Biegeleisen, Jul 13 '16 at 10:04
`git branch --merged` and `git branch --no-merged` may be useful — pedrorijo91, Jul 13 '16 at 10:15
Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1057564/pretty-git-branch-graphs — jub0bs, Jul 13 '16 at 10:20

pratZ · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-13T10:19:12.313

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You can sort your branches based on recency,

git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/

Delete the branches which are old. I use it personally for the same purpose.

Or better and more readable,

git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/

To check all the unmerged branches in the current branch,

git branch --no-merged

For a graphical view of all the branches in terminal, you can use the git log's graph option,

git log --decorate --graph --oneline --all

edited Jul 13 '16 at 10:19

answered Jul 13 '16 at 10:10

pratZ

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Ok, that is SUPER helpful, whilst it doesn't help with de-spagehtifying, It will help with dealing with old stuff. – Thermatix Jul 13 '16 at 10:18
I hope it helps now, check update. May be useful to some extent. – pratZ Jul 13 '16 at 10:19
@Thermatix, I, personally, have `git log --decorate --graph --oneline --all` aliased as `git overview`. – kostix Jul 13 '16 at 15:41

How to graph git branches

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