From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:50:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add `[decorate]' configuration section.
Message-ID: <7vr5ojwy38.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <16c38171fc04cee7bdc607bb4c6586925b15278c.1266394059.git.sdrake@xnet.co.nz>

Steven Drake <sdrake@xnet.co.nz> writes:

> This can be used to enable the display of ref names of commits that are
> shown by log commands.  Each of the log commands (whatchanged, show,
> reflog, and log) can be enable separately.
>
> e.g:
> 	[decorate]
> 		log
> 		reflog

What is the reason to set these configuration differently except "because
we can"?  Also, if it is a good idea to allow setting them independently,
you would need to make it easier for people who want to set them all to
the same value, e.g. "[decorate] logfamily = short" or something.

I somehow find the older "log.decorate" much more natural and the changes
from it to this version not worth it, but maybe it is just me.