From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Gitk feature - show nearby tags Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 03:29:38 -0700 Message-ID: <7vslmm8rcd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <17537.22675.678700.118093@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jonas Fonseca X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Jun 03 12:30:08 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 1FmTON-0005Kq-Sp for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:30:04 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750793AbWFCK3k (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jun 2006 06:29:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751155AbWFCK3k (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jun 2006 06:29:40 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao07.cox.net ([68.230.241.32]:57223 "EHLO fed1rmmtao07.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750793AbWFCK3j (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jun 2006 06:29:39 -0400 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.4.9.127]) by fed1rmmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060603102939.QEPH11027.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 06:29:39 -0400 To: Paul Mackerras In-Reply-To: <17537.22675.678700.118093@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> (Paul Mackerras's message of "Sat, 3 Jun 2006 19:38:27 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Paul Mackerras writes: > I just pushed out an update to the "new" branch of the gitk.git > repository, which adds a feature that I have often wished for: it will > now show the nearest preceding and following tags when you select a > commit. This is very useful if you need to identify which release was > the first to incorporate a particular patch, or if you need to know > which release a patch might have been based on. Another thing that would equally be useful is to show which branch a particular commit is on, so for example I can pick one commit while doing "gitk next" to view the next branch and see which topic it belongs to, and "gitk this-topic" to see which commits on that topic, if any, are not yet in the "next" branch. For a graphical interface like gitk it may not be such a big deal (you can always follow the line), but an interface like tig that shows commits in a linear fashion it would make a big difference in usability. BTW, what's the maintenance/rewind policy on the "new" branch of gitk.git? If you are never going to rewind it, I could pull it in "next" (and keep pulling your "master" in my "master") for wider exposure if you like.