I think it would be nice to see commit messages at each stage too, which would be useful if the developer was documenting the purpose of each commit as they went.
This would be a really useful feature. Good commit messages often help me to better understand big changes to something.
Good point, fade-in (or something else, I'll probably try a couple of different things) should make a lot easier to see what happened from commit to commit.
Two great suggestions, thanks!
Re:git playback
by knowtheory on Monday May 14, 2012 @05:49PM
(#3973533)
I dropped by the thread to suggest the fade-in as well.
It'd also be super nice if there was a header for each view with the commit message/description :)
I also dropped by to suggest a fade in/out. The slide effect makes it difficult to see what has changed. You could also use colors to hilight the changes.
Re:git playback
by famousactress on Monday May 14, 2012 @02:01PM
(#3972289)
I actually quite liked the lack of slider because it feels more like it might have felt to go through the exercise at the time.. You're sort of forced to evaluate what state the code is in without knowing how far we are from being 'done'.
Came here to say exactly this. A fade between the two, or blocks of the diff added in-line would be a better transition here. The slide is just too difficult to follow.
Re:git playback
by skeletonjelly on Monday May 14, 2012 @07:41PM
(#3973978)
Especially considering git is all about changes in content, not files.
Plus a slider to see where you are in the timeline would be sweet.
Great idea!