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Re: Tracking branch history

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 13, 2006, 15:20 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0605130815550.3866@g5.osdl.org>
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<20060513074328.GB21998@spearce.org>
On Sat, 13 May 2006, Shawn Pearce wrote:
> 
> Forget my last patch.  This one automatically creates the log file
> by looking for a config value of 'core.logRefUpdates=true'.
Looks better.

I actually disagree with Junio - I think the logging the name made sense. If you have a shared repo with multiple people pushing to the same branch, it's interesting to see who does the pushing.

I also think it might be good to save the oldsha1 value. Yes, it _should_ always be the previous sha1 logged, but it's interesting to see in case it isn't (ie the ref was updated some other way), and it's also interesting for the first entry after logging has been enabled.

Hmm?
		Linue
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  1. Daniel BarkalowMay 12, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 12, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2006
  4. Daniel BarkalowMay 13, 2006
  5. Shawn PearceMay 13, 2006
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2006
  8. Shawn PearceMay 13, 2006
  9. Shawn PearceMay 13, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2006
  12. Shawn PearceMay 13, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2006
  14. Shawn PearceMay 15, 2006
  15. Shawn PearceMay 15, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  17. Shawn PearceMay 15, 2006
  18. Shawn PearceMay 15, 2006
  19. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2006
  20. ElrondMay 13, 2006
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2006

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