like. that's what git looks like, right? git looks like colorful spaghetti. everyone knows this. it's even in the logo. why does github only show commits as a chronological list

@codl the flat list represents a single branch, while the spaghetti is formed from multiple branches

if you want spaghetti, you need to be comparing 2 or more branches

@trwnh that doesnt make sense to me. a single branch can have spaghetti in its history from past branching and merging

@codl the merging flattens the graph

@trwnh no???

@trwnh are you thinking of rebasing

@trwnh like here's the graph for a merge i made like 30 minutes ago and its history

@codl either you rebase, fast forward, or do a merge commit. either way the graph gets flattened for that branch (in your case, the far left flat line). the screenshot you posted is comparing at least 3 branches