Re: [matplotlib-devel] github pull requests: odd listings of hundreds of commits

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 05/18/2011 11:45 AM, Darren Dale wrote:

>>
>> I suspect the anomalies have not resulted from forced pushes, but from
>> local pulls and merges followed by innocuous pushes.  So the key is
>> understanding how to ensure one's local branches have the desired
>> history before pushing to github.  (And making sure one is pushing from
>> the correct source to the correct destination.  Trying first with
>> --dry-run can help.)
>
> Before pushing, I also recommend inspecting the history graph, either
> with "gitk --all" or "git log --oneline --graph --all". I try to
> remember to make sure the history graph looks the way I expect it
> should before I push anywhere.

QGit is another alternative.

Eric