Re: Gitk feature - show nearby tags

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jun 3, 2006, 10:29 UTC
Message-ID: <7vslmm8rcd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <17537.22675.678700.118093@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>

Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> writes:

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> I just pushed out an update to the "new" branch of the gitk.git
> repository, which adds a feature that I have often wished for: it will
> now show the nearest preceding and following tags when you select a
> commit.  This is very useful if you need to identify which release was
> the first to incorporate a particular patch, or if you need to know
> which release a patch might have been based on.

Another thing that would equally be useful is to show which branch a particular commit is on, so for example I can pick one commit while doing "gitk next" to view the next branch and see which topic it belongs to, and "gitk this-topic" to see which commits on that topic, if any, are not yet in the "next" branch.

For a graphical interface like gitk it may not be such a big deal (you can always follow the line), but an interface like tig that shows commits in a linear fashion it would make a big difference in usability.

BTW, what's the maintenance/rewind policy on the "new" branch of gitk.git? If you are never going to rewind it, I could pull it in "next" (and keep pulling your "master" in my "master") for wider exposure if you like.