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From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Subject: Re: merge summaries
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l=F6rdag 19 maj 2007 skrev Linus Torvalds:
>=20
> On Fri, 18 May 2007, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> >=20
> > I never quite understood what they're for--do they add any informat=
ion
> > not already available in the history?  If not, and if people still =
find
> > them helpful anyway, then I dunno, it looks like a sign of some sor=
t of
> > failure of our history display tools.
>=20
> I don't think they add much in the case of a graphical viewer, but fo=
r=20
> "git log", it does make it look nicer..

It is nice for git-cvsexportcommit too.=20

-- robin