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Re: [PATCH] gitweb: [commit view] Do not suppress commitdiff link in root commit

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 7, 2006, 10:00 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
> 
>> There's no reason for that, the commitdiff view is meaningful for the
>> root commit as well and we link to it everywhere else.
> 
> It probably is not any more useful than the blob view but I
> agree there is no strong reason to supress it, as long as the
> commitdiff page is prepared to show the root commit (which I
> haven't checked -- if you have --root you should be Ok).

The commitdiff for root commit is much less useful, I think, and not having commitdiff link serves as indicator of root (parentless) commit, important in non-commit views. 

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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  1. gitweb: [commit view] Do not suppress commitdiff link in root commitPetr Baudis, Oct 6, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiOct 6, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  5. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006

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