From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document git rev-list --first-parent
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:30:59 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v3atstry4.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1198484450-16454-1-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> (Avi Kivity's message of "Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:20:50 +0200")
Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com> writes:
> Document git rev-list's --first-parent option. Documentation taken from
> git log.
> ...
> +--first-parent::
> + Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge
> + commit. This option gives a better overview of the
> + evolution of a particular branch.
> +
I am afraid that this description is not sufficient. The
history given by --first-parent is useful only in a very limited
use case, and the user needs to be aware of it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-24 8:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-24 8:20 [PATCH] Document git rev-list --first-parent Avi Kivity
2007-12-24 8:30 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-12-24 8:36 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-24 9:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-12-24 9:40 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-24 9:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-12-24 10:14 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-24 16:37 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-25 9:35 ` Junio C Hamano
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