For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://lazygophers.github.io/pamphlet/en/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://lazygophers.github.io/pamphlet/en/llms-full.txt, and this page is available as Markdown at https://lazygophers.github.io/pamphlet/en/write/diagrams/gitgraph.md.
Pamphlet
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      • Branch graphs

      What it is

      Where a branch came from and where it merged back.

      When to use it

      Explaining a release branching strategy, reviewing a messy merge.

      How to write it

      Pamphlet's own syntax — declarations first, relationships second; all seventeen kinds share this skeleton:

      :::gitgraph[One redesign]
commits:
  commit initial
  branch themes
  commit thirteen themes
  checkout main
  merge themes
:::

      This syntax does not render on GitHub. If you need it to, write the same diagram as a Mermaid fence instead.

      What comes out

      Drawn to SVG at compile time and inlined into the output, so the reader downloads no drawing library and makes no network request. Colours follow the theme; scroll to zoom, drag to pan, double-click to reset.

      Traps

      • There is one block: commits:
      • One operation per line, and there are only four: commit <name> / branch <name> / checkout <name> / merge <name>. Anything else reports DIAG-306
      • The compiler adds the quotes around a commit name
      • Past ten commits it compresses into a line; draw only the ones that matter