From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 07:55:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 7/7] builtin/describe.c: describe a blob
Message-ID: <xmqq7euiu4r8.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kaGGUJSGG6OdfaTepDrvGBGFd17paBNNYuQt7t8XnDfHw@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> ...
> fixed.
> ...
> fixed the text...
> ...
> I am not fully convinced all descriptions are in recent history, but I
> tend to agree that most are, so probably the trade off is a wash.

So what do we want with this topic?  I think the "teach 'git log' to
highlight commits whose changes involve the given blob" is a more or
less an orthogonal thing, and I suspect that it is something users
may (although I personally do not) find valuable to have a related
but different feature in "git describe".