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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# A small ruby script to extract a git history to a tikz picture
+# Author: Michael Hauspie <Michael.Hauspie@lifl.fr>
+# Author: Lennart C. Karssen <lennart@karssen.org>
+#
+# Not clean code, not always working well, but does its job in most of
+# the cases I needed :)
+#
+# LCK: Added some ideas from this tex.stackexchange answer:
+# http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/156501/7221
+#
+# To use this in a LaTeX document, the following packages need to be
+# loaded in the preamble:
+# - tikz
+# - listings
+# - xcolor, with dvipsnames option
+
+require 'optparse'
+
+# A commit object
+class Commit
+ attr_accessor :hash
+ attr_accessor :children
+ attr_accessor :parents
+ attr_accessor :message
+ attr_reader :node_pos
+ attr_reader :node_color
+
+ # Construct a commit from a line
+ # A line is commit_hash [child1_hash ... childN_hash] message
+ def initialize()
+ @hash = nil
+ @children = Hash.new()
+ @parents = Hash.new()
+ @message = ""
+ @node_pos = 0
+ @message_pos = 0
+ # These colours require \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
+ @colours = ["ForestGreen", "Dandelion", "Red", "cyan", "magenta", "orange"]
+ end
+ def build(line)
+ # Parse each word to match a hash or the commmit message
+ pos=0
+ line.split(" ").each do |word|
+ if word =~ /[a-f0-9]{7}/ && @message == "" # match a short sha-1 commit tag
+ if ! @hash
+ @hash = word
+ else
+ @parents[word] = nil
+ end
+ elsif word == '*' # Position of the node
+ @node_pos = pos
+ @node_color = @colours[pos]
+ elsif word =~ /[^|\/\\]/
+ @message_pos = pos
+ @message << " #{word}"
+ end
+ pos = pos + 1
+ end
+ @message.delete!("!")
+ @message.lstrip!()
+ if !@hash
+ return false
+ end
+ return true
+ end
+
+ # sets a child object
+ def set_parent(c)
+ @parents[c.hash] = c
+ c.children[@hash] = self
+ end
+
+ def export_to_tikz(ypos)
+ puts "\\node[commit, #{node_color}, fill=#{node_color}] (#{@hash}) at (#{0.5*@node_pos},#{ypos}) {};"
+ puts "\\node[right,xshift=10] (label_#{@hash}) at (#{@hash}.east) {\\verb!#{@hash}: #{@message}!};"
+ @children.each_value do |child|
+ puts "\\path[#{node_color}] (#{@hash}) to[out=90,in=-90] (#{child.hash});"
+ end
+ end
+
+ def to_s()
+ "#{@hash}: #{@message} #{@node_pos} #{@message_pos}"
+ end
+end
+
+class Branch
+ attr_accessor :name
+ attr_accessor :hash
+ attr_accessor :commit
+
+ def initialize(line)
+ words = line.split(" ")
+ @name = words[0]
+ @hash = words[1]
+ @commit = nil
+ end
+end
+
+# A repository, which is a collection of commit objects and branches
+class Repository
+ def initialize()
+ @commits = Hash.new()
+ @branches = Array.new()
+ end
+
+ def add_commit(commit)
+ @commits[commit.hash] = commit
+ end
+
+ def add_branch(branch)
+ if ! @commits.has_key?(branch.hash)
+ return false
+ end
+ c = @commits.fetch(branch.hash)
+ branch.commit = c
+ @branches << branch
+ return true
+ end
+
+ # This iterates other commits and resolves its parents
+ def resolve_parents()
+ @commits.each_value do |commit|
+ commit.parents.keys.each do |parent_hash|
+ c = @commits.fetch(parent_hash)
+ commit.set_parent(c) # Link the commit object to its parent
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ def export_to_tikz
+ puts "\\begin{tikzpicture}"
+ puts "\\tikzstyle{commit}=[draw,circle,fill=white,inner sep=0pt,minimum size=5pt]"
+ puts "\\tikzstyle{every path}=[draw]"
+ puts "\\tikzstyle{branch}=[draw,rectangle,rounded corners=3,fill=white,inner sep=2pt,minimum size=5pt]"
+ ypos=0
+ ystep=-0.5
+ @commits.each_value do |commit|
+ commit.export_to_tikz(ypos)
+ ypos = ypos + ystep
+ end
+ @branches.each do |branch|
+ puts "\\node[branch,right,xshift=10] (#{branch.name}) at (label_#{branch.hash}.east) {\\lstinline{#{branch.name}}};"
+ end
+ puts "\\end{tikzpicture}"
+ end
+end
+
+
+
+
+r = Repository.new()
+
+# Start parsing command line options
+# This hash will hold the options parsed from the command line by
+# OptionParser.
+options = {}
+
+optparse = OptionParser.new do|opts|
+ # Explain usage of this script
+ opts.banner =
+ "Usage: git-log-to-tikz.rb [options]
+
+This script has to be run in a Git repository.
+
+"
+
+ # Define the options and some explanation
+ options[:tophash] = "HEAD"
+ opts.on( '-t', '--tophash HASH',
+ 'Hash of the top-most commit to include') do |h|
+ options[:tophash] = h
+ end
+end
+
+# Parse the command-line. The 'parse!' method parses ARGV and removes
+# any options found there, as well as any parameters for the options.
+optparse.parse!
+
+
+# Extract commits
+if options[:tophash] != "HEAD"
+ # If a top hash was entered, don't use the --branches option or it
+ # will output all commits.
+ # Note: When using -t, the labels for branches are not added.
+ cmd = "git log " +
+ options[:tophash] +
+ " --graph --oneline --parents"
+else
+ cmd = "git log --branches --graph --oneline --parents"
+end
+
+`#{cmd}`.lines().each do |line|
+ c = Commit.new()
+ if c.build(line)
+ r.add_commit(c)
+ end
+end
+r.resolve_parents()
+
+# Extract branches
+`git branch -av | cut -b 3-`.lines().each do |line|
+ r.add_branch(Branch.new(line))
+end
+
+r.export_to_tikz()
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