From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:15:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] object name: introduce ':::<oneline prefix>' notation
Message-ID: <20070224021533.GA10715@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702240311240.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 03:14:11AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Given that most commits _will_ have a unique oneline, I think it does not 
> matter that much. After all, the principal use case I see for it is 
> finding a commit, given a shortlog, or a mail subject, or even a sentence 
> muttered over the phone.

Fair enough. If you have something ambiguous, looking through 'git log'
output is probably more sane anyway. Color me convinced.

-Peff