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Re: [PATCH] git-cherry.txt: Change symbol marks in graph.

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Dec 2, 2010, 11:05 UTC
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Jakub Narebski venit, vidit, dixit 02.12.2010 09:00:
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> Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
> 
>> From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
>>
>> The common commit were marked with a minus sign (-), but that is
>> usually interpreted as something less or substracted. Use natural
>> equal sign (=). Commits that are not in upstream were marked with plus
>> sign (+) but a question mark (?) is visually a litle more striking
>> (erect) in context where all other signs are "flat". It also helps
>> visually impared to see difference between (* ... ?) as opposed to
>> similar signs (* ... +).
> 
> Reading comprehension FAIL.  The graph in question uses '+' and '-' because
> that is what 'git cherry' *output( uses ('+' included, '-' excluded).  They
> are very natural in git-cherry output (diff-like).

Yep, and I so wished that git-cherry had different output that I even saw a git-cherry patch where there was none...

So, +1 from me if this comes with an actual code patch.
Michael
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Message 3 of 7 in “git-cherry.txt: Change symbol marks in graph.”
  1. git-cherry.txt: Change symbol marks in graph.jari.aalto@cante.net, Dec 2, 2010
  2. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2010
  3. Michael J GruberDec 2, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2010
  5. Michael J GruberDec 2, 2010
  6. git-cherry.txt: Change symbol marks in graph.Jari Aalto, Dec 2, 2010
  7. Michael J GruberDec 2, 2010

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