From: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:30:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cy39kae3.fsf@iotcl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aWnkJ_GpgbXBPwFp@pks.im>
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>> Surprised that “revision” is a synonym for commit? Why is that?
I must admit, I was surprised too.
> Because in my mind a revision can resolve to any object type.
> "<rev>^{<type>}" for example is a revision, but it can resolve for
> example to a tree if you say "HEAD^{tree}". Still a revision, but
> definitely does not resolve to a commit.
Besides the discussion if "HEAD^{tree}" is a revision or not. Passing in
two revisions to git-last-modified(1) is not allowed. So I think the
error message I proposed makes sense.
> Also, it's confusing to conflate the way to name a commit with a commit
> itself. "HEAD~10" is a revision, but taken by itself it's not a commit.
> It's not even clear whether it resolves, so it feels sensible to me to
> keep these two concepts separate from one another.
--
Cheers,
Toon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-16 12:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-12 16:17 [PATCH] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-12 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-13 6:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-14 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 11:33 ` Toon Claes
2026-01-15 11:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 14:34 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-16 7:09 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-16 12:30 ` Toon Claes [this message]
2026-01-16 17:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-19 6:57 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-25 11:26 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-15 14:34 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-14 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-14 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 16:02 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-15 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:11 ` Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-16 17:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:08 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one revision is given Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-16 18:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:08 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-16 18:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-23 14:33 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one revision is given Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 17:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-27 13:26 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one commit given Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one commit is given Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-27 22:34 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Junio C Hamano
2026-01-29 14:59 ` Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26 ` [PATCH v6 " Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one commit given Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one commit is given Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-02-06 15:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-30 17:07 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Junio C Hamano
2026-02-06 15:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
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