Re: What's in git.git (stable)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Dec 14, 2006, 10:51 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612141147200.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200612141021.12637.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote:

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> On Thursday 2006 December 14 00:22, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > >  * git-revert should be called git-invert.  It doesn't remove a change
> > >    from history, it simply applies another commit that does the
> > >    opposite of whatever commit you are "revert"ing.  That's an inversion.
> >
> > No. An inversion is the _opposite_. Not an undo.
> 
> That's what I'm saying, we are applying the opposite of the given commit 
> - that commit is being inverted and applied again.

Ahh! I get what you are thinking. I was talking about reverting a change from the _content's viewpoint_. I _never_ want to revert history (I am no politician, you know?)

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> > newbie cannot, and does not want to, understand exactly what is going 
> > on.
> 
> "newbie" doesn't mean "idiot".  Everybody wants to understand what is 
> going on.

I heartly disagree. I saw so many faces _begging_ me to just say _what_ to do, not _why_, and quickly, please.

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> > So, think of it as our response to Windows' non-progress-bar: when you 
> > start up Windows, there is a progress-bar, except that it does not 
> > show progress, but a Knight Rider like movement, only indicating that 
> > it does something.
> 
> Given the choice between nothing and a non-progress "doing something" 
> bar, I would of course pick the "doing something" bar.  However, given 
> the choice between a "doing something" bar and a progress bar, I'd 
> rather have the progress bar.

If I have the choice between a "doing something" bar and a Windows Explorer "14 seconds left" bar showing the same message for two minutes, I'd rather have a Mars bar ;-)

Ciao, Dscho