From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sean Subject: Re: git and time Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:41:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20060926233321.GA17084@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20060927002745. 15344.qmail@web51005.mail.yahoo.com> <20060926205632.5d487cc9.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <7vk63qnlc2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vhcyukpkc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Lang , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Sep 27 04:41:42 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSPMg-0002eb-UK for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:41:39 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932283AbWI0Clg (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:41:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932274AbWI0Clg (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:41:36 -0400 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.163]:32946 "EHLO BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932283AbWI0Clf (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:41:35 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [65.94.249.130] X-Originating-Email: [seanlkml@sympatico.ca] Received: from linux1.attic.local ([65.94.249.130]) by BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:41:34 -0700 Received: from guru.attic.local ([10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSPMc-0004LM-06; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:41:34 -0400 To: Junio C Hamano Message-Id: <20060926224133.714337eb.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <7vhcyukpkc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.10.3; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Sep 2006 02:41:35.0149 (UTC) FILETIME=[72CA55D0:01C6E1DE] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:31:47 -0700 Junio C Hamano wrote: > Only when somebody is interested in the particular question > "when did this commit has become part of this branch" it becomes > relevant. And do not get me wrong. I am in principle agreeing > with you that this is an extra information for most of the time > -- I even doubt "when did this commit has become part of this > branch" is all that useful. It is interesting information for some people though. For instance someone wondering how long ago Linus published a certain security fix. To be able to say to easily query gitweb and be able to report, "Linus published that security fix X day ago etc.." Of course, I agree with you that also knowing the revision number such a commit appeared in is at least if not more important. But still I don't dismiss this date/time based question as completely as you do. The very fact that a gitweb user has brought this issue forward (and this isn't the first time) suggests the information is at least of casual interest to some people. Sean