From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:12:16 GMT
Subject: Re: New ref generates 8MB mail message
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601180810330.3240@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060118140907.GV19769@parisc-linux.org>



On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> Based on the idea that a new branch is probably a branch off master, and
> if it isn't, then at least sending a log vs master is better than a log
> vs the beginning of time, I propose this patch:

Actually, since the update hook _should_ be called before the ref has 
actually been updated, it's probably much better to instead of this:

> -	git-rev-list --pretty "$3"
> +	git-rev-list --pretty "$3" ^master

do something like this:

	git-rev-list --pretty "$3" $(git-rev-parse --not --all)

which basically says: show any commits that are in the new ref, but are 
not in _any_ other ref.

Untested, of course.

		Linus