From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-rev-list.txt: rev stands for revision, not reverse.
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:12:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vprys1k5m.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071102185509.GA5242@ins.uni-bonn.de> (Ralf Wildenhues's message of "Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:55:10 +0100")
Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> writes:
> Hello Junio,
>
> * Junio C Hamano wrote on Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:51:11PM CET:
>> Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> writes:
>>
>> > Yes, believe it or not, but I stumbled over the synopsis
>> >
>> > | git-rev-list - Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
>> >
>> > asking myself whether rev could possibly mean "reverse".
>> > I hope this helps avoid this pitfall for others.
>>
>> In addition to your patch,
>>
>> git-rev-list - List commits from most recent to older
>>
>> might be a good rewording?
>
> Is the reverse chronological order the primary sorting key at all?
It is mostly chrono but there is a topo element as well. You
would never see a parent none of whose child is shown.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-02 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-01 8:45 [PATCH] git-rev-list.txt: rev stands for revision, not reverse Ralf Wildenhues
2007-11-01 19:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-02 18:55 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2007-11-02 20:12 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-11-02 20:46 ` Junio C Hamano
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