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Re: [RFD PATCH] revlist/rev-parse: Introduce --heads and --locals revision specifiers

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 2, 2010, 05:00 UTC
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On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 08:36:33PM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
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> Due to the increasing usage of the ref namespace (e.g. notes, replace)
> the revision specifier "--all" becomes decreasingly useful. But
> "something like --all" is ineeded for getting a quick overview of
> the development state of a repository.
> 
> Introduce --heads and --locals specifiers in order to help with that:
> 
> --heads == HEAD --branches --remotes
> --locals = HEAD --branches --tags

I don't have anything against the concept, but "--heads" is a horrible name, as it implies refs/heads (which is of course what --branches does. Yikes!). I know why you picked it, and once you think about it, yes, it does make some sense (it is all the local and remote heads), but I am worried that it will cause confusion.

-Peff
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Message 5 of 27 in “revlist/rev-parse: Introduce --heads and --locals revision specifiers”
  1. revlist/rev-parse: Introduce --heads and --locals revision specifiersMichael J Gruber, May 1, 2010
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 1, 2010
  3. Michael J GruberMay 1, 2010
  4. Jakub NarebskiMay 1, 2010
  5. Jeff KingMay 2, 2010
  6. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2010
  7. Jeff KingMay 5, 2010
  8. 0/4 All is too muchMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  9. Jeff KingMay 14, 2010
  10. Michael J GruberMay 14, 2010
  11. Git methodology questionAkhbari, Farshad, May 14, 2010
  12. Chris PackhamMay 14, 2010
  13. Avery PennarunMay 14, 2010
  14. 0/4 All is too muchMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  15. 1/4 rev-parse: deprecate use as an option sifterMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  16. 2/4 t6018: add tests for rev-list's --branches and --tagsMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  17. 3/4 t6018: make sure all tested symbolic names are different revsMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  18. 4/4 revlist: Introduce --lrbranches and --locals revision specifiersMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  19. 1/4 rev-parse: deprecate use as an option sifterMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  20. Jakub NarebskiMay 14, 2010
  21. Michael J GruberMay 14, 2010
  22. Jakub NarebskiMay 14, 2010
  23. Michael J GruberMay 14, 2010
  24. Thomas RastMay 17, 2010
  25. 2/4 t6018: add tests for rev-list's --branches and --tagsMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  26. 3/4 t6018: make sure all tested symbolic names are different revsMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  27. 4/4 revlist: Introduce --lrbranches and --locals revision specifiersMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010

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