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What does the symbols ('+','\','->','()','(*)') exactly mean?
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+, -, | and \ are just used to draw the tree - it's a kind of ASCII art.
When it comes to (*) and -> please refer to this question and answer.
tl;dr
(*) - is used to indicate that particular dependency is described somewhere else in the tree
-> - is used to point the dependency that wins in version conflict.
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I see some files list directly under one another. Yet one has a '+' sign and the one below it has a '\'. There is no indent, they're directly ontop of each other. What is the meaning of the '+' vs the '\', why wouldn't it show two '+' or two '\'? is there a greater meaning? – RCG Jan 17 '18 at 00:04
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So as @opal mentioned, it's kind of ASCII art to represent tree. + and \ both shows node but \ suggests last node of that series. – HBB20 Dec 09 '19 at 16:36