From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Martin von Zweigbergk <martin.von.zweigbergk@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order description
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:26:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vehn72vyl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vipcj2w9f.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:20:28 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> We could remove it if you find it confusing.
>
> I think the original motivation that line was added was to help
> people who see "git log" (without any frills) output for the first
> time not to be alarmed when they see newer things first: "In
> general, the "time" flows from bottom to top", but the "time" in
> that sentence is not necessarily the timestamp of either committer
> nor author field.
Just to clarify, I am not defending the current wording that I did
not touch in my patch with the above. I am just giving historical
background to help _other_ people (including you) to come up with a
better wording, as I do not think of a better replacement myself.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-16 6:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-13 22:21 [PATCH] rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order description Junio C Hamano
2012-08-13 22:46 ` Martin von Zweigbergk
2012-08-13 23:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-14 5:33 ` Martin von Zweigbergk
2012-08-14 14:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-14 8:22 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-08-14 8:45 ` Thomas Rast
2012-08-14 14:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-14 14:51 ` Thomas Rast
2012-08-14 15:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-15 20:02 ` [PATCH v2] " Junio C Hamano
2012-08-16 6:06 ` Martin von Zweigbergk
2012-08-16 6:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-16 6:26 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2012-08-16 8:51 ` Thomas Rast
2012-08-16 10:01 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-08-16 12:00 ` Thomas Rast
2012-08-16 16:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-17 9:34 ` Thomas Rast
2012-08-17 9:50 ` Thomas Rast
2012-08-17 17:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-17 17:37 ` Thomas Rast
2012-08-17 18:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-17 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-16 16:35 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-08-16 8:42 ` Thomas Rast
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