{"thread":{"id":"16246","subject":"[PATCH 2/2] Document \"git log --simplify-by-decoration\"","startedAt":"2008-11-10T09:58:17Z","lastAt":"2008-11-10T10:47:44Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Nanako Shiraishi","Santi Béjar"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":2},"messages":[{"id":"95318","messageId":"20081110185817.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com","threadId":"16246","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH 2/2] Document \"git log --simplify-by-decoration\"","fromName":"Nanako Shiraishi","fromEmail":"nanako3@lavabit.com","sentAt":"2008-11-10T09:58:17Z","receivedAt":"2008-11-10T09:58:17Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"nanako3@lavabit.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/3777b9e201c5883a62b1a6fdf7c53f2d712d1d80989146063ea861e33aad72a8?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>\n---\n Documentation/rev-list-options.txt |    7 +++++++\n 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt\nindex 966276b..977290c 100644\n--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt\n@@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '\\--full-history':\n   removed completely, because it had one parent and is TREESAME.\n --\n \n+The '\\--simplify-by-decoration' option can be used to treat commits that\n+are not referenced by tags as TREESAME, and treat commits that are tagged\n+as !TREESAME (even when they have exactly the same tree as their parents).\n+This can be used when you are only interested in the big picture of the\n+topology of the history.\n+\n+\n ifdef::git-rev-list[]\n Bisection Helpers\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n-- \n1.6.0.2\n\n-- \nNanako Shiraishi\nhttp://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/\n"},{"id":"95326","messageId":"adf1fd3d0811100247n18d54644h9a0238832d22be7c@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"16246","inReplyTo":"20081110185817.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH 2/2] Document \"git log --simplify-by-decoration\"","fromName":"Santi Béjar","fromEmail":"santi@agolina.net","sentAt":"2008-11-10T10:47:44Z","receivedAt":"2008-11-10T10:47:44Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"santi@agolina.net","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> wrote:\n> Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>\n> ---\n>  Documentation/rev-list-options.txt |    7 +++++++\n>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)\n>\n> diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt\n> index 966276b..977290c 100644\n> --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt\n> +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt\n> @@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '\\--full-history':\n>   removed completely, because it had one parent and is TREESAME.\n>  --\n>\n> +The '\\--simplify-by-decoration' option can be used to treat commits that\n> +are not referenced by tags as TREESAME, and treat commits that are tagged\n> +as !TREESAME (even when they have exactly the same tree as their parents).\n> +This can be used when you are only interested in the big picture of the\n> +topology of the history.\n> +\n> +\n\nI prefer the other way around, first what it does, and then how it\ndoes it (but it is a general comment about the help in \"History\nSimplification\", at least when viewing the help for \"git log\"). And\nyou should rewrite the line 416:\n\nFinally, there is a fourth simplification mode available\n\nas it is no longer \"Finally\".\n\nSanti\n"}]}