Re: [PATCH] Enable tree (directory) history display
--- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > I took a comparative look with and without "--full-history",
> > and FWIW, enabling full history just clobbers the output with a lot
> > of unnecessary information. I.e. it shows merges which do not have
> > direct consequence or change to the files in the path spec specified
> > after the "--".
> >...
> > FWIW, I think that the original intention (had there been a choice)
> > would've been to show only most relevant history, i.e. changes
> > directly related to paths and files after the "--".
>
> Sounds sane. Maybe we should clearly explain this behaviour
> change in the commit log and claim it as an improvement. We
> might even want to do --no-merges if we go that route.
I agree. Indeed, this would definitely be an improvement.
Luben