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nhtoshiaki edited this page Apr 17, 2018 · 6 revisions

Opening a repository

Below is an image of the first screen of the tool:

Welcome screen

To open a repository, you can type the full path in the text field or browse to the repository directory by clicking the [...] button.

Overview

After opening the repository, the data recovered from the repository is processed to create the view. The figure below shows the main elements of the interface:

Overview

By clicking on the top right plus button the right panel will be shown with more information as described in the pictures below:

Infobar: Repository and commit

Infobar: File

File Status

A file may be in one of the following states:

  • Unmodified: No changes were made;
  • Added: The file is new in the repository;
  • Modified: The content of the file has been modified;
  • Deleted: The file no longer exists in the repository.

A non-binary modified file may also have lines in the following states:

  • Unmodified: As the name says, a line that was not changed;
  • Added: A new line in the file;
  • Modified: The new line that replaces the position of a deleted line;
  • Deleted: A line that no longer exists in the file.

A statistic of the number of added, modified and deleted lines is counted for each modified file.

The View

For each selected commit, two visual representations of changes made in the commit are created: a treemap and a graph-based view.

Treemap Graph-based View

Some visual characteristics are used to represent the status of each file or directory. Being them:

  • The color;
  • the opacity; and
  • the size.

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