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Re: merge summaries

From
Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date
May 20, 2007, 20:34 UTC
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lördag 19 maj 2007 skrev Linus Torvalds:
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> 
> On Fri, 18 May 2007, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > 
> > I never quite understood what they're for--do they add any information
> > not already available in the history?  If not, and if people still find
> > them helpful anyway, then I dunno, it looks like a sign of some sort of
> > failure of our history display tools.
> 
> I don't think they add much in the case of a graphical viewer, but for 
> "git log", it does make it look nicer..
It is nice for git-cvsexportcommit too. 
-- robin
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Message 8 of 18 in “merge summaries”
  1. Steffen ProhaskaMay 18, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 18, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2007
  4. Linus TorvaldsMay 18, 2007
  5. J. Bruce FieldsMay 18, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 18, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2007
  8. Robin RosenbergMay 20, 2007
  9. rev-list: '--indent' oneline outputSteffen Prohaska, May 20, 2007
  10. Steffen ProhaskaMay 20, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2007
  12. Steffen ProhaskaMay 20, 2007
  13. Steffen ProhaskaMay 19, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2007
  16. Steffen ProhaskaMay 20, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2007

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