Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2009, #02; Mon, 07)

[Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>]

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

> * jn/gitweb-show-size (2009-09-07) 1 commit
>  - gitweb: Add 'show-sizes' feature to show blob sizes in tree view

This is an RFC, because of a) feature naming, and b) tests.
It does work correctly, though.
 
> * jn/gitweb-blame (2009-09-01) 5 commits
>  - gitweb: Minify gitweb.js if JSMIN is defined
>  - gitweb: Create links leading to 'blame_incremental' using JavaScript
>   (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at 3622199)

I plan on reverting the order of those two patches, as JSMIN patch is
more ready than 'blame_incremental' linking.

With JSMIN there is perhaps question of documenting it, and whether
git-instaweb.sh should use minified JavaScript or not (curently it
does not).  With 'blame_incremental' linking there are quite a few
issues:

 1. When to do JavaScript detection
    a. on load (current solution)
    b. on click (via event handler)
 2. How to invoke actions requiring JavaScript
    a. add 'js=1' parameter (perhaps limiting URLs, as not to
       add it e.g. to http://git-scm.com/ $home_link)
    b. rewrite action parameter, e.g. from 'blame' to
       'blame_incremental' (troubles with path_info URLs)
    c. use cookies

Current solution works, but I think is suboptimal.

>  + gitweb: Colorize 'blame_incremental' view during processing
>  + gitweb: Incremental blame (using JavaScript)
>  + gitweb: Add optional "time to generate page" info in footer
> 
> Ajax-y blame.

I'd very much like for others to check if it works with other browsers
(Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8; Opera 9, 10; Safari; Firefox 2, 3, 3.5)

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Jakub Narebski
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