Visualize branches on GitHub

Question

In TortoiseGit, gitk or on BitBucket, it is common to have a visualization of the project history with all the branches, like this:

However, GutHub's commit history seems to be flat, at least I couldn't find a way to display this kind of graph. Can the GitHub's web UI somehow visualize branches like other Git clients commonly can?

Answer 1

You can see a graph, but without commit messages in Insights => Network section (commit messages with authors are shown on hover).

Example: https://github.com/google/orbit/network

Answer 2

You could use Le Git Graph, a browser extension that does exactly this.

Install the extension from here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/le-git-graph-commits-grap/joggkdfebigddmaagckekihhfncdobff

It will add a new "commits" section to every GitHub repo you open. Open the commits graph and there, all commits across branches will be listed along with the git graph.

Hope it helps!