Re: [PATCH v28 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons

From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 26, 2026, 13:50 UTC
Message-ID: <20260226135008.6863-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260225160842.GA2160019@coredump.intra.peff.net>

> I think what would have moved things forward more than just a ping,
> though, is generating a plan for moving forward in the face of confusing
> review.

Very fair point!

> That can be quite hard for first-time contributors, though.

I'm not actually a first time contributor 🤗 I worked on this feature between around 2016-18. So I know it can take a while:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?h=seen&id=1fb20dfd8ed70b4459312918a71444bc79ea6f0b

Harald

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