GIT: How to view various status graphs on self hosted GIT repository?

Question

I am new to GIT. I have seen people telling lot of advantages of GIT over SVN. One of the advantages is, GIT provides nice visualizations so that you are updated with whats going in repository. I recently did lot of hands-on on GIT using Eclipse and found it really nice. I was using public repositories hosted on GIT hub to get a good understanding.

I have got my own server wherein I have a private GIT repository. My question is how can I get same set of visualizations on my hosted box?

Any package that needs to be installed for accessing GIT via a browser?

Help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

GIT provides nice visualizations so that you are updated with whats going in repository

that's partly true:

git log --graph

will actually give you a nice looking ASCII-art graph, but that's nothing like the github visualizations.

Maybe you're looking for

gitg

or

gitk

which offer a graphical output.

If you want to have a web-based frontend, you'll need to install some git web frontend; https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Interfaces,_frontends,_and_tools#Web_Interfaces lists a lot of these; what you'll need depends on so many factors including aesthetical preferences that I can't give a recommendation. You'll have to go through that list yourself.

Answer 2

One of the advantages is, GIT provides nice visualizations so that you are updated with whats going in repository

While Git has loads of advantages over SVN, I never heard anyone claiming this.

The statistics are created by Github, not by Git.

Github uses available information from Git (who committed, when were the commits made, ...) and creates fancy graphs from this information.

If you want to have a web-based, self-hosted solution, the Gitlab Community Edition would be a good choice. Gitlab has the ability to create similar graphs.

If you have no access to a linux box for hosting your Gitlab instance, there's a VM available at Bitnami that could be used if you have only a Windows host.