Re: Gitk feature - show nearby tags

From: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Date: Jun 5, 2006, 00:04 UTC
Message-ID: <20060605000423.GA29521@diku.dk>
In-Reply-To: <7vejy48wp5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote Sun, Jun 04, 2006:

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> I may not be using tig in the way it was intended to, but I
> often find it frustrating having to do the following:
> 
>     - start tig, which shows list of one-line logs.  Wonderful.
> 
>     - browsing around by UP or DOWN and stop at one particular commit
>       I want to view closely.  Press Enter and the screen split
>       into two and I see what I want to see.  Again, wonderful.
> 
>     - I want to see the neighbouring commits, but UP or DOWN
>       does not do what I naïvely expect.  It scrolls the lower
>       pane.  I say TAB to go up.

I wonder what tig version you are using. If you are using the tig version from my git repo this should also be working to your expectation, making ...

>     - Press UP or DOWN and I can move the highlight to
>       neighbouring commits.  This is wonderful, but the lower
>       pane does not follow this -- it keeps showing the original
>       commit, and I have to say ENTER again.

.. this unnecessary. At least, I'd like to keep the one-line log view from forcing updates of the diff view so it is more responsive over slow links.

> It might make sense to make the log/diff view follow what
> happens on the main view when both are on-screen.

With my current version, the two views are much more integrated, e.g. you can press 'd' to show full-screen diff view and use Up and Down to navigate the log view.

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Jonas Fonseca