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[98.128.149.74]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 2adb3069b0e04-5a10a319f05sm838993e87.50.2026.02.26.05.50.08 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:50:08 -0800 (PST) From: Harald Nordgren To: peff@peff.net Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com, gitster@pobox.com, haraldnordgren@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v28 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:50:08 +0100 Message-ID: <20260226135008.6863-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 In-Reply-To: <20260225160842.GA2160019@coredump.intra.peff.net> References: <20260225160842.GA2160019@coredump.intra.peff.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > I think what would have moved things forward more than just a ping, > though, is generating a plan for moving forward in the face of confusing > review. Very fair point! > That can be quite hard for first-time contributors, though. I'm not actually a first time contributor 🤗 I worked on this feature between around 2016-18. So I know it can take a while: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?h=seen&id=1fb20dfd8ed70b4459312918a71444bc79ea6f0b Harald