Re: [PATCH] remove shortlog from git-commit output

From: Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>
Date: Apr 16, 2007, 15:02 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704161554540.5400@reaper.quantumfyre.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20070416144038.GA32515@mellanox.co.il>

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

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> Make git-commit only display --summary since addition/deletion
> are notable events that do not happen with every commit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@dev.mellanox.co.il>
>
> ---
>
>>> BTW, Junio, why does git-commit need to display the diffstat?
>>> You just made the commit ...
>>
>> Don't ask me.  It was not my idea.
>>
>> We only had --summary per popular list request, and it made
>> certain amount of sense since addition/deletion are notable
>> events that do not happen with _every_ commit.
>
> So how about this?
>

Personally I quite like the shortstat ... and certainly is/will be more useful to me than having the commit subject - despite normally having more terminals lying around than is good for my sanity.

Can't we keep it? It's not like it takes up much space ...

-- 
Julian

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