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From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Subject: Re: gitweb wishlist
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:47:07 +0200
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To: Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
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On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 03:26 +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
>   Hello,
> 
>   I would be very happy if you could extend the gitweb scripts a little.
> Basically, what I need is to have ability to create a permanent link to
> a given file in the repository, which stays same across revisions (as
> long as the file stays with the given name, obviously).
> 
>   E.g. I would like to have something like
> 
> 	http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=cogito%2Fcogito.git;n=contrib/ciabot.pl
> 
> for file contrib/ciabot.pl in the latest Cogito tree, and
> 
> 	http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=cogito%2Fcogito.git;n=contrib
> 
> for the list of the contrib/ directory in the latest Cogito tree.

With the next round I will try to introduce a real browser through the
tree instead of the current damn simple tree-object list. It would be
nice if it can show the the current path and provide a "up to parent"
way. Along with that it should be easy to add the stuff you asked for.

>   I think I would prefer the link from the repository index to go not to
> the log page, but some "summary" page, which would have some short
> information about the repository (owner, description, list of branches
> if gitweb supports that, list of tags, link to the latest tree and link
> to the log).
> 
>   BTW, why are people using ';' in the URIs for separators instead of
> good old '&'s? Hmm, actually it just occurred to me that it might be to
> workaround entity string problems?

Yes, but it's "bad old" not "good". :)
  http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#h-B.2.2

Thanks,
Kay