Re: [PATCH 3/7] reftable/record: avoid copying author info
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
- Date
- Mar 21, 2024, 13:10 UTC
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- <CZS7Z199NZUG.2EM4STQ664P9W@jamesliu.io>
On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 12:09:23PM +1100, James Liu wrote:
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> On Tue Mar 5, 2024 at 11:11 PM AEDT, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > > Each reflog entry contains information regarding the authorship of who > > has made the change. This authorship information is not the same as that > > of any of the commits that the reflog entry references, but instead > > corresponds to the local user that has executed the command. Thus, it is > > almost always the case that all reflog entries have the same author. > > What are your thoughts on simplifying this explanation a little bit? I > gave it a try below: > > Each reflog entry contains authorship information indicating who has made > the change. The author here corresponds to the local user who has executed > the command rather than the author of the referenced commits. Thus, it is > almost always the case that all reflog entries have the same author.
That would've been a bit shorter indeed. But the patch series has been merged to `next` by now, so I'll leave it at that.
Thanks!
Patrick