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Re: Confusing git log --- First time bug submission please advise on best practices

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Feb 7, 2014, 11:37 UTC
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On 7 February 2014 18:26, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 09:43:46AM +0000, Francis Stephens wrote:
>> Thanks for your clear response. I can see where I went wrong now.
>
> Maybe something like this would help avoid confusion a bit in the
> future? This toy patch puts a horizontal line as a break between two
> commits if they are not related, so we can clearly see linear commit
> segments.
FWIW, this would have saved a lot of head scratching at work over the years.
I'd love to see this in place.
Yves
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Message 6 of 19 in “Confusing git log --- First time bug submission please advise on best practices”
  1. Francis StephensFeb 6, 2014
  2. Vincent van RavesteijnFeb 6, 2014
  3. David KastrupFeb 6, 2014
  4. Francis StephensFeb 7, 2014
  5. Duy NguyenFeb 7, 2014
  6. demerphqFeb 7, 2014
  7. log: add --show-linear-break to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2014
  8. log: add --nonlinear-barrier to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 17, 2014
  9. Eric SunshineMar 17, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2014
  11. Duy NguyenMar 18, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2014
  13. 1/2 object.h: centralize object flag allocationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2014
  14. 2/2 log: add --show-linear-break to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2014
  16. Duy NguyenMar 21, 2014
  17. 1/2 object.h: centralize object flag allocationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 25, 2014
  18. 2/2 log: add --show-linear-break to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 25, 2014
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2014

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