This plugin allows the rendering of Git repository branch network in a graphical HTML5 Canvas. It is mainly intended to be used as “project link” in a GitWeb configuration or by other Gerrit GWT UI plugins to be plugged elsewhere in Gerrit.
In order to use branch-network plugin as GitWeb project viewer replacement simply add the following line to your existing Gerrit config under the GitWeb section (assuming plugin was copied as branch-network.jar):
type = custom
url = plugins/
project = branch-network/?p=${project}
The branch network canvas can be returned as HTML fragment to allow other GWT UI plugins the rendering the network graph in other ways. (i.e. adding an extra link on the Project details page and display the canvas on the right side panel)
The syntax of branch-network plugin URL is similar to the one used in the GitWeb scenarios but with extra parameters to allow the “UX surgery” of the canvas in another UE.
Additional parameters:
naked=y : allows to have the HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript without outer HTML page mark-up element.
width=N : HTML5 Canvas width in pixels
height=M : HTML5 Canvas height in pixels
The following URL allows to get a 1024x768 HTML5 Canvas in a naked HTML fragment. (assuming plugin was copied as branch-network.jar)
branch-network/?p=${project}&naked=y&width=1024&height=768