milahu
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4 years ago graphQL can also get fork commits, see here
so we can get ahead/behind status of forks with just one query and even more fancy stuff like plotting a commit graph
This does not work yet.
i even got variables and pagination to work ^^ included suggestions for oauth, fetch-retry, graphql-client
github graphql requires oauth token right now so not really interested in getting this in until github probably provides read-only access without token
poor excuse : P the benefits of graphql are well worth the "sign in with github" click we can still offer a "light version" without login
related projects:
github has its own network graph in the repo-insights menu
gitgraph.js can render commit graphs in html + svg has support for different graph styles
graphql rover is a graphQL schema browser, rendering to canvas/webGL
a study on: Commit graph drawing algorithms
SO/pretty-git-branch-graphs has a huge list of commit graphs and SO/visualizing-branch-topology-in-git has even more its hard to choose only one graph style, so ideally provide a variety of styles
toddsifleet.com/projects/github-forks is another github fork browser, also with d3.js visuals [found here]
hbt/git-forks-analysis is a git fork analyzer, only html
This does not work yet. Also, github graphql requires oauth token right now so not really interested in getting this in until github probably provides read-only access without token