fork git branches and see them with SmartGit

Question

According to this post I want to see into the SmartGit git client the ramifications for the new branches. Bellow, I will explain in detail the steps I do and what SmartGit displays and what I expect to be displayed:

Steps:

s1) create a local git repository by cloning the remote one:

git clone https:/myusername:mypassword@remoteRepoAddress/repo3

s2) cd to repo3 git local repository that I just created and then add a text in a new file:

echo "aaa" >> file1

s3) add the file to be commited:

git add .

s4) commit the changes:

git commit -m "commit1"

s5) add another row to the file1 and commit changes

echo "bbb" >> file1
git add .
git commit -m "commit2"

s6) push changes to the remote repository:

git push origin master

Now, the SmartGit displays a single line, for the master branch, ant the two commits:

s7) Create another branch "newBranch1":

git checkout -b newBranch1

s8) then I make one commit on this branch:

echo "row1" >> file2
git add .
git commit -m "commit1_newBranch1"

Now, the SmartGit displays:

According to "Figure 20" in the post mentioned at the beginning, it is ok: the commit has advanced with one node against the last commit on the master branch. s9) Then I switch back to the master branch and from the last commit point on master I create another branch "newBranch2"; I add a new file "file3" with the text "row1", then I commit changes:

git checkout master
git checkout -b newBranch2
echo "row1" >> file3
git add .
git commit -m "commit1_newBranch2"

Now the SmartGit displays:

and I expect to see a tree like in "Figure 21" in the post mentioned above. Or as bellow:

 newBranch2 o   o newBranch1  
             \ /  
              o master's head
              |
              o
              |

Am I misunderstanding how the git an/or SmartGit works? If so, please guide me with concrete answers. Thansk in advance

Answer 1

It seems to me you're misunderstanding how the SmartGit log views work.

You're seeing a history of newBranch2 because that's where HEAD is (and a history of HEAD is the default log in most git clients). I think specifically you're looking at the "Journal" tab in the default view, yes?

What you want is a log showing the history of all refs. If you click the log button in the upper-right, it will bring up a window that starts out showing the same "history of HEAD", but with a checkbox tree to the left where you can select what else you want to see. Mark the "local branches" checkbox and you should see what you're after. You'll note that you can also select specific branches, remote branch refs (by remote or by individual ref), tags (specific tags or all tags), and dangling commits (which it calls 'recyclable commits').

Answer 2

You got the way git and SmartGit work. But, I think you misunderstanding the way Smartgit show graph. You can use the command below to show the original git graph:

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

I think you should use Gitkraken: It will be better than Smartgit on Ubuntu: https://www.gitkraken.com/

Hope it will be useful!!!