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Re: [PATCH] gitweb: tree view: eliminate redundant "blob"

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 2, 2006, 10:56 UTC
Message-ID
<200610021256.35236.jnareb@gmail.com>
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Andreas Ericsson wrote:
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> Jakub Narebski wrote:
>> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>>> Doesn't leading drwxr-xr-x mean anything?
>> 
>> Neither d in drwxr-xr-x, nor trailing / in the name are significant
>> enough indicators of directory vs file (tree vs blob) indicator,
>> especially that by default git-ls-tree output mixes trees with blobs.
>>  
> 
> I beg to differ. The trailing slash would indeed help, as peoples eyes 
> are generally focused on the mouse-pointer rather than some 5-10" to the 
> left of it. If we're worrying that windows folks use \ for 
> path-delimiter, I think they'll pick up the difference quick enough.

I agree that it would help, but it is not enough when tree (directory) and blob (file) would have the same color and the same decoration.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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  1. gitweb: tree view: eliminate redundant "blob"Luben Tuikov, Sep 26, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2006
  3. Luben TuikovSep 26, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006
  5. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisSep 26, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006
  8. Luben TuikovSep 26, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2006
  10. Jakub NarebskiOct 1, 2006
  11. Luben TuikovSep 26, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006
  13. Luben TuikovSep 26, 2006
  14. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006
  15. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2006
  17. Jakub NarebskiOct 1, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiOct 1, 2006
  20. Andreas EricssonOct 2, 2006
  21. Jakub NarebskiOct 2, 2006
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2006
  23. Jakub NarebskiOct 2, 2006
  24. Luben TuikovOct 2, 2006
  25. Luben TuikovOct 2, 2006
  26. Jakub NarebskiOct 2, 2006
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2006
  28. Jakub NarebskiOct 3, 2006
  29. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2006
  30. Jakub NarebskiOct 3, 2006
  31. Luben TuikovOct 5, 2006
  32. Luben TuikovOct 3, 2006
  33. Linus TorvaldsOct 3, 2006

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