From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:11:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] show-branch: make --topo-order noop and default.
Message-ID: <7vslrsg41g.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <43C70F69.7010103@gmail.com>

A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> It really does not make sense not doing --topo-order.
>
> I disagree. I do like to see the chronological commit history of some
> repositories.

But the thing is if you do chronological order, you may not see
enough commits without --more=, because show-branches stops at
the first common commit.  Try it yourself in a repository with
merges on topic branches of different vintage, with and without
the option, to see where output stops.