From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:22:20 GMT Subject: Re: git annotate runs out of memory Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote: > > I've seen you pointing this kind of examples many times, but is that > really different from what even SVN does? "svn log drivers/char" will > also list atomic commits, and give me a filtered view of the global > log. Ok, BK and CVS both got this horribly wrong, which is why I care. Maybe this is one of the things SVN gets right. I seriously doubt it, though. Do you get *history* right, or do you just get a random list of commits? Of course, to see the difference, you need to do "gitk drivers/char" or use another of the log viewers that actually show you history too. A plain "git log" won't make it obvious (unless you actually ask for parent information and then just track the history in your head, in which case you don't really need an SCM in the first place ;) Linus