Re: [PATCH] Update delta compression message to be less misleading

[Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>
> Empty log message?
>
> I am scratching my head because this came as a reply to:
>
>    ...
>    > This I have absolutely no issue with.
>    >
>    > Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
>
>    I do not have problem with the wording either, but then the commit log
>    message needs to change, I think.  Care to re-submit?
>
> and your original read quite nicely:
>
>    Subject: [PATCH 2/2] pack-objects: report actual number of threads to be used
>    Date: Sat,  4 Apr 2009 11:59:56 -0500
>    Message-ID: <1238864396-8964-2-git-send-email-dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>
>    In the case of a small repository, pack-objects is smart enough to not start
>    more threads than necessary. However, the output to the user always reports
>    the value of the pack.threads configuration and not the real number of
>    threads to be used. This is easily fixed by moving the printing of the
>    message after we have partitioned our work.
>
>    (pack.threads is on autodetect and would be set to 4)
>    $ git-repack -a -d -f
>    Counting objects: 55, done.
>    Delta compression using 2 threads.
>    Compressing objects: 100% (48/48), done.
>    Writing objects: 100% (55/55), done.
>    Total 55 (delta 10), reused 0 (delta 0)
>
>    Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>
> I was expecting to see something with a similar structure.  An updated
> title, an introductory text and the problem description, and the
> description of the solution.  Then "Acked-by:" you already received.
>
> The new title looks correct, the problem description from the original
> should still apply, but the solution is different, and that needs to
> change.
>
> I've committed it like this:
>
>    Author: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>    Date:   Thu Apr 9 10:45:39 2009 -0500
>
>    Update delta compression message to be less misleading
>
>    In the case of a small repository, pack-objects is smart enough to not
>    start more threads than necessary. However, the output to the user always
>    reports the value of the pack.threads configuration and not the real
>    number of threads to be used.
>
>    Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>    Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
>    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>
> Thanks.

Sorry about that. I felt like the patch was a lot more
self-explanatory now, since it was a text change and not a behavior
change. It was my fault for forgetting the Ack.

-Dan