From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Cc: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk,
Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] reflog: add --operations and --historical-branch
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:07:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq1p9cv6tp.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHwyqnUckb2ccoRToYwk=OVkHtWX1rRNa0z7TwMHcHQufNuNEQ@mail.gmail.com> (Harald Nordgren's message of "Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:00:42 +0200")
Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> writes:
>> It would certainly be nice to avoid creating lots of entries in the
>> branch reflog when cherry-picking. I'm not sure what users would make of
>> us switching to a detached HEAD as some people seem to find it
>> confusing; if we do decide to do that we should make sure we update "git
>> status" to explain what's happening. I'm more relaxed about changing
>> "git am", but like you I normally detach HEAD first so maybe I'm not the
>> best person to ask about that.
>
> I think that the fact that all of us have our tricks to work around
> things is indicative of a real problem.
>
> We should attack the root cause and simplify git so that even us would
> prefer vanilla git.
I do use and prefer vanilla Git as it was designed to work, though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-26 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-15 13:13 [PATCH 0/3] reflog: add --operations and --historical-branch Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-15 13:13 ` [PATCH 1/3] reflog: name the strings that mark switches, renames and rebase steps Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-15 14:35 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-15 20:52 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-15 13:13 ` [PATCH 2/3] reflog: add --operations to show one entry per command Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-15 13:13 ` [PATCH 3/3] reflog: add --historical-branch to name the branch of each entry Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-15 14:36 ` [PATCH 0/3] reflog: add --operations and --historical-branch Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-15 15:24 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-15 15:35 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-15 20:47 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-16 18:26 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-23 15:31 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-16 18:36 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-17 10:03 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-18 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-18 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] reflog: name the strings that mark switches, renames and rebase steps Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-23 21:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-23 22:47 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-23 22:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-18 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] reflog: add --operations to show one entry per command Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-18 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] reflog: add --historical-branch to name the branch of each entry Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-25 19:18 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-25 20:22 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-26 8:39 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-26 8:42 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-23 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] reflog: add --operations and --historical-branch Harald Nordgren
2026-10-24 13:51 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-24 15:22 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-24 16:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-24 18:46 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-25 18:52 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-26 10:52 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-26 11:00 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-26 15:07 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-10-24 19:12 ` Harald Nordgren
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