Re: Question About Sorting the Index
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Jon Forrest <nobozo@gmail.com>
- Date
- May 17, 2025, 18:48 UTC
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- <e2a24cbb-1438-46b9-b546-82c9f6dc7ebf@gmail.com>
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On 5/17/25 11:36 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jon Forrest <nobozo@gmail.com> writes: > >> P.S. I'm trying to read the Git source code to get a better handle >> on what actually goes on in the index but this is taking some time. > > Depending on the style of the learner, I often recommend reading the > very initial revision of Git, i.e. e83c5163 (Initial revision of > "git", the information manager from hell, 2005-04-07), to quickly > get a feel of what various pieces there are and how they fit > together, by doing > > $ git checkout -b initial e83c5163316f89bfb
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll do that.
Meanwhile, do you see any merit to my idea?
Cordially, Jon Forrest