From: Jon Forrest <nobozo@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 18:48:17 GMT
Subject: Re: Question About Sorting the Index
Message-ID: <e2a24cbb-1438-46b9-b546-82c9f6dc7ebf@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfrh3qe2w.fsf@gitster.g>



On 5/17/25 11:36 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 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