From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 04:55:17 GMT
Subject: Re: gitweb wishlist
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505242153150.2307@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vu0ksoxg4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Tue, 24 May 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> I was browsing www.kernel.org/git and noticed that it shows
> only files that exist at the tip.  How do I get history of a
> file that does not exist anymore at the tip?

The only sane interface I can think of is to expose the subdirectory 
history and then pick from that. Otherwise you'd have to actually type in 
the name, which is a bit against the notion of a graphical browsing 
interface.

		Linus