Ask HN: Git client for large dozen branch repos

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The log view of git gui tools I've used are unusable for large git repos with many dozen branches. This is how `nixpkgs` repo looks in tig: https://gist.github.com/fctorial/9cf4b4569dc8c085059dd7cb8cf1ef59

What git gui client you use on large git repos if you want to find, say, how two branches are related?

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Not a git gui client but you can do this via the command line with: git merge-base <branch1> <branch2>. This will give you their common ancestor.

You can also get something similar to the tig output but for specific branches via the command line using a command like: git log --graph --oneline <branch1> <branch2>.

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