gitk --all comes to mind or git log --graph --decorate --all On 9/23/2016 4:38 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm aware of things like "git cat-file -p" and so on, but is there > some magic incantation to display the git object store > graphically/hierarchically? > > when i teach git, one of the first demos is to create a new repo, > add two files, stage and commit, at which point one points out that > that created 4 objects in the object store: > > * 2 blobs > * 1 tree > * 1 commit > > but it would be useful to be able to *see* the underlying structure so > the class can be truly convinced as to what just happened. > > is there some way to do that? > > rday >