{"thread":{"id":"29964","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Add \"first parent\" to gitglossary","startedAt":"2012-03-16T17:35:08Z","lastAt":"2012-03-16T17:35:08Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Jonathan Nieder"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"187106","messageId":"20120316173508.GD28004@burratino","threadId":"29964","inReplyTo":"1331680716-31915-1-git-send-email-nkreitzinger@gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Add \"first parent\" to gitglossary","fromName":"Jonathan Nieder","fromEmail":"jrnieder@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-03-16T17:35:08Z","receivedAt":"2012-03-16T17:35:08Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"jrnieder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/281595?v=4"},"body":"Hi Neal,\n\nNeal Kreitzinger wrote:\n\n> Add \"first parent\" to \"gitglossary\" reference manual page.\n\nSounds to me like an odd thing to do.  The term \"first parent\" is just\na special case of \"nth parent\" --- if someone is confused by the term,\nis such a special case definition (rather than a general definition of\n\"nth parent\" that explains that the second parent of HEAD is HEAD^2,\nnot HEAD~2) going to help him?\n\nAdding information about the conventional meaning of first-parent\nhistory does sound like a reasonable and useful idea, though more as\nsomething for gitworkflows than the glossary.\n\nJust my two cents,\nJonathan\n"}]}