# Re: kernel.org git web interface

2 messages from 2005-08-10 to 2005-08-12. Participants: Sam Ravnborg, Jeff Carr.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1467

## Sam Ravnborg, 2005-08-10 16:23

Subject: Re: kernel.org git web interface
Message-ID: <20050810162329.GA8574@mars.ravnborg.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050810162329.GA8574%40mars.ravnborg.org
In-Reply-To: <05BEHQE11@briare1.heliogroup.fr>

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Hi Hubert.
git@vger.kernel.org is a better place to request this.
So I have included them in to:

	Sam
	
On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 03:59:02PM +0000, Hubert Tonneau wrote:
> The 'V' column on http://www.kernel.org/ is very convienient to review what
> has changed in a new kernel (files list, then simple clic diff access to the
> selected file).
> 
> Now, the git changelog is also interesting (provides overall explaination),
> but it's harder to use because the changes stream is so dense.
> 
> So, what would be helpfull for reviewers is the ability to view the git
> changelog of only the changes that touch a given file.
> I mean when we select the 'V' column, have two links per modified file,
> one displaying the diff has it currently does, and the other displaying
> the git changes as 'C' column does, but filtered with only changes that
> touch the selected file.
> 
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## Jeff Carr, 2005-08-12 18:08

Subject: Re: kernel.org git web interface
Message-ID: <42FCE5A0.4060706@linuxmachines.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/42FCE5A0.4060706%40linuxmachines.com
In-Reply-To: <20050810162329.GA8574@mars.ravnborg.org>

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> On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 03:59:02PM +0000, Hubert Tonneau wrote:
> 
>>The 'V' column on http://www.kernel.org/ is very convienient to review what
>>has changed in a new kernel (files list, then simple clic diff access to the
>>selected file).
>>
>>Now, the git changelog is also interesting (provides overall explaination),
>>but it's harder to use because the changes stream is so dense.
>>
>>So, what would be helpfull for reviewers is the ability to view the git
>>changelog of only the changes that touch a given file.
>>I mean when we select the 'V' column, have two links per modified file,
>>one displaying the diff has it currently does, and the other displaying
>>the git changes as 'C' column does, but filtered with only changes that
>>touch the selected file.

That would be useful. Maybe someone really ambitious would figure out a
way to use imagemagick to generate visual tiles that could be feed into
the google maps API. Then we could "fly" around the sources too.

Jeff
http://mapki.com/index.php?title=Add_Your_Own_Custom_Map

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