Re: Support customized reordering in version sort

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 21, 2015, 05:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh9ufygdt.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPc5daVJJcC--mwq0PfAczge3zG44ToDKP853FkyZ3x1KUfsig@mail.gmail.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> You can define values to optional negatives and optional positives to
> express a more
> elaborate sort order e.g.
>
>   1.0-pre12 < 1.0-rc0 < 1.0 < 1.0-post1
>
> even though "-post" does not have to be declared as optional positive.

... that is, you say "-pre" is a more negative optional than "-rc" that is also a negative optional.

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