We saw earlier how we can view the history (the DAG) and visualize it by using git log. However, as the history grows, the terminal representation of the history can be a bit cumbersome to navigate. Fortunately, there are a lot of graphical tools in Git, one of them being gitk, which works on multiple platforms (Linux, Mac, and Windows).
This recipe will show you how to get started with gitk.
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