Re: [PATCH] Lose perl dependency. (fwd)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 21, 2007, 01:39 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0701210234350.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200701210137.41219.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Hi,

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Robin Rosenberg wrote:

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> lördag 20 januari 2007 23:04 skrev Johannes Schindelin:
> > +--reverse::
> > +
> > +	Output the commits in reverse order.
> > +
> 
> The --reverse is really bad naming since the default *is* to list 
> commits in reverse order.

Easy. In my worldview it is _not_ the reverse order. It is the most useful order, and thus straight-forward.

> Name it "--chronological" or something to indicate that you do not want 
> the default reverse order.

But it is not chronological. Take for example "git log --topo-order --reverse". See? Not chronological. Not even reverse chronological.

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> Some suggestions:
> 	--chronological
> 	--forward
> 	--noreverse
> 	--commit-order

All of these have a high "Huh?" effect on me. "forward" is wrong, "noreverse" is confusing at best, and commit-order is anything but obvious. IOW those names don't solve a problem.

Ciao, Dscho