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Re: [PATCH] Re: Make 'git show' more useful

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 14, 2009, 10:44 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0907141243410.3155@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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> > > The actual "--no-walk" flag was then added over a year later by 
> > > Dsco, in commit 8e64006eee ("Teach revision machinery about 
> > > --no-walk").
> > >
> > > Doing a "git log -p -S--no-walk", I have to admit that I don't find 
> > > a single actual _use_ of --no-walk.
> >
> > Actually, I remember very precisely why I introduced it.  The 
> > difference between "git log --no-walk a b c" and "git show a b c" is 
> > that "git log" sorts the commits by commit time, which is pretty 
> > important in my case.
> 
> Very nice.  Can you add a test for that?
Unfortunately, no; I am very short on time.

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Paolo BonziniNext: Michael J Gruber
Message 8 of 17 in “Make 'git show' more useful”
  1. Linus TorvaldsJul 13, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2009
  3. Re: Make 'git show' more usefulPaolo Bonzini, Jul 13, 2009
  4. Linus TorvaldsJul 14, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 14, 2009
  6. Linus TorvaldsJul 14, 2009
  7. Paolo BonziniJul 14, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 14, 2009
  9. t4202-log.sh: Test git log --no-walk sort orderMichael J Gruber, Jul 14, 2009
  10. Johannes SixtJul 14, 2009
  11. Michael J GruberJul 14, 2009
  12. [PATCHv2] t4202-log.sh: Test git log --no-walk sort orderMichael J Gruber, Jul 14, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinJul 14, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberJul 14, 2009
  15. t4202-log.sh: Test git log --no-walk sort orderMichael J Gruber, Jul 17, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 13, 2009

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