From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:51:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] gitweb: Remove --parents from call to git-rev-list in parse_rev_list
Message-ID: <7vy7sw64vp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <edndud$csb$1@sea.gmane.org>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>> But I guess for gitweb, you do want to use --full-history in this case ;(
>
> It is now easy with patch 3/7 "Use @hist_opts as git-rev-list parameters in
> git_history" to remove '--full-history' from git-rev-list parameters in
> git_history subroutine.

Well, generating not-so-useful output fast is, eh, not-so-useful
anyway, so being able to add or not add to the set of options on
a whim is not so much of value.  The real value lies in deciding
if it is needed (and I think --full-history is needed for gitweb)
and if so coming up with a way to get the same result with
cheaper operations.