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Re: [PATCH v3] gitk: Add a "Copy commit summary" command

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Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
Date
Jul 17, 2015, 20:59 UTC
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On 17.07.15 19:28, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
>>> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
>>
>> You should drop these Reviewed-by: footers, as they imply that the
>> code was thoroughly digested and the implementation deemed correct.
> 
> ... and the most importantly, the named people said that themselves.
> 
> I do not think that happened here (yet).
> 
>>> +proc copysummary {} {
>>> +    global rowmenuid
>>> +
>>> +    set format "%h (\"%s\", %ad)"
>>> +    set summary [exec git show -s --pretty=format:$format --date=short \
>>> +                 $rowmenuid]
>>> +
>>> +    clipboard clear
>>> +    clipboard append $summary
>>> +}
>>> +
> 
> I think this is a reasonable implementation.  The usual "spawning a
> process for each commit is too expensive" would not apply, because
> it is done on demand only for the single commit that the end-user
> specified.
Thanks, Junio! That was my thought as well.

So, the question remains now if adding something like --abbrev=$autosellen (maybe only if it's not set to its default value), as Paul suggested, would make sense.

Beat
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  1. gitk: Add a "Copy commit summary" commandBeat Bolli, Jul 17, 2015
  2. Eric SunshineJul 17, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2015
  4. Beat BolliJul 17, 2015

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