How to interpret Bitbucket Commit Graph's visualization?

Question

I am currently using Bitbucket's commit graph visualization to understand my commit history and it's pretty confusing as the left most branch does not correspond to the develop(the branch I have selected in the drop down list) in some cases.

In contrast, I have checked the command git log --graph --oneline --all (after git checkout develop) and the output given by it is what I was expecting. The left most branch indicated develop and it was easier for me to understand all the merges to the branch I want to consider, which is develop in this case.

How should I interpret Bitbucket commit graph's visualization? I think it's NOT equivalent to the command git log --graph --oneline --all? What is it equivalent to?

Answer 1

I will share with you a command that is useful for me to draw a similar bitbucket diagram in my Command Line Interface.

git log --graph --decorate --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --all

You also can add a git alias adding the following config on ~/.gitconfig

[alias]
    lol = log --graph --decorate --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --all

This way running git lol command you also can quickly see a similar graph.

I hope it may help you!