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Re: [TIG][PATCH 0/3] Refactoring of the log view

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Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Date
Aug 6, 2013, 04:00 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in> wrote:
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> These set of patches refactor the log view to provide a behaviour that
> is quite similar to, say, e-mail with Mutt. The key improvements are:
>
> - The current commit is inferred based on the context. For example, if
>   you focus on the commit message of a particular commit, the correct
>   commit is inferred automagically.
>
> - Scrolling the log view when the diff is open shows the correct
>   commit on the screen, rather than have to scroll up and cross the
>   commit line to display the screen.

Thanks, great improvements. I am still considering whether to queue them until after the next release or include them.

> I have decided to revert 888611dd5d407775245d574a3dc5c01b5963a5ba,
> since the behaviour with the updated scrolling pattern is much more
> consistent.
OK, makes sense.

The next step will be to find out how to highlight the diff stat in the log view. :-D

Previous: Kumar Appaiah
Message 9 of 9 in “Refactoring of the log view”
  1. Kumar AppaiahAug 3, 2013
  2. [[TIG][PATCH] 1/3] Add log_select function to find commit from context in log viewKumar Appaiah, Aug 3, 2013
  3. Jonas FonsecaAug 6, 2013
  4. Kumar AppaiahAug 6, 2013
  5. Jonas FonsecaAug 6, 2013
  6. [[TIG][PATCH] 2/3] Display correct diff the context in split log viewKumar Appaiah, Aug 3, 2013
  7. Jonas FonsecaAug 6, 2013
  8. [[TIG][PATCH] 3/3] Revert "Scroll diff with arrow keys in log view"Kumar Appaiah, Aug 3, 2013
  9. Jonas FonsecaAug 6, 2013

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