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Re: builtin-status submodule summary

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 14, 2008, 16:39 UTC
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"Ping Yin" <pkufranky@gmail.com> writes:
> So i think this series should go along with the submodule summary series.
Perhaps eventually, but definitely not this round, I am afraid.

The usefulness of the output in the current implementation of the "summary" itself is not even proven at this point. Nobody other than you has jumped up-and-down and said "submodule summary is great and should be in status, I did not know what I was missing!" yet.

I hope we verified the code well enough to make sure that people who use "git submodule" command but do not type "git submodule summary" would not get hurt by the addition. For a new feature, that is more important than how well the new feature works and how useful the new feature is. And by shipping a release with it will give it a wider exposure and hopefully a chance for it to mature to get more useful. The series just got into a "harmless to others and is releasable" shape.

Recall how many rounds "submodule summary" took to get into that state, and how much time and effort were spent on it. Use it as a yardstick to guesstimate how much further effort and time will be needed to get the changes to git-status into a reasonable shape.

It may happen eventually, but not before 1.5.5.
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Message 14 of 15 in “builtin-status submodule summary”
  1. Ping YinMar 13, 2008
  2. 1/4 git-submodule summary: --for-status optionPing Yin, Mar 13, 2008
  3. 2/4 builtin-status: submodule summary supportPing Yin, Mar 13, 2008
  4. 3/4 builtin-status: configurable submodule summary sizePing Yin, Mar 13, 2008
  5. 4/4 buitin-status: Add tests for submodule summaryPing Yin, Mar 13, 2008
  6. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  8. Ping YinMar 13, 2008
  9. Ping YinMar 13, 2008
  10. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  11. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  12. Ping YinMar 13, 2008
  13. Ping YinMar 14, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2008
  15. Ping YinMar 14, 2008

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