From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"Jean-Noël Avila" <jn.avila@free.fr>,
"Patrick Steinhardt" <ps@pks.im>, "Tian Yuchen" <cat@malon.dev>,
"Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
"Mirko Faina" <mroik@delayed.space>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] revision.c: implement --reverse=before for walks
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:33:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <971f19db-eb10-4c88-8d5d-3f4f7f92db73@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8qa852b5.fsf@gitster.g>
Am 27.04.26 um 08:45 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> I think "after" and "before" comes from "Do other things (including
> count limiting) and then apply reverse after all that" and would be
> very much understandable to those who know how the machinery works,
> but should mere mortals need to know the machinery only to use "git
> log"?
I fully share your sentiments regarding "after" and "before" being too
much tied to the machinery, but...
> I wonder --reverse=oldest and --reverse=newest is easier to teach
> and explain? I dunno.
What does it mean to "revert the oldest"? Or "the newest"? If at all,
then this "newest" and "oldest" must be a restriction that applies to
--max-count in some way. Perhaps we need a --max-count-oldest option,
then --reverse does not have to be touched at all, because it is still
applied only after the set of commits to show has been determined.
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-27 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-18 16:47 [PATCH] revision.c: implement --reverse=before for walks Mirko Faina
2026-04-18 18:20 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-18 18:42 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-18 18:51 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-20 16:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-20 17:08 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-20 23:50 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-19 12:06 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-19 18:11 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-19 19:12 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-04-19 20:31 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-20 0:21 ` Jeff King
2026-04-20 9:33 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-20 10:30 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-21 3:48 ` Jeff King
2026-04-22 18:24 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-04-22 19:42 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-20 0:04 ` Jeff King
2026-04-20 9:22 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-22 0:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Mirko Faina
2026-04-22 0:30 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-23 22:51 ` [PATCH v3 " Mirko Faina
2026-04-23 22:51 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] " Mirko Faina
2026-04-28 1:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-23 22:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] revision.c: reduce memory usage on reverse before Mirko Faina
2026-04-27 0:24 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] revision.c: implement --reverse=before for walks Mirko Faina
2026-04-27 0:24 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] " Mirko Faina
2026-04-27 6:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-27 7:33 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2026-04-27 12:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-27 13:58 ` Chris Torek
2026-04-27 16:48 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] revision.c: implement -b-reverse=before " Mirko Faina
2026-04-28 1:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-28 1:45 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] revision.c: implement --reverse=before " Junio C Hamano
2026-04-27 0:24 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] revision.c: reduce memory usage on reverse before Mirko Faina
2026-04-28 1:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-30 19:52 ` [PATCH v5] revision.c: implement --max-count-oldest Mirko Faina
2026-05-04 5:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-04 13:08 ` Mirko Faina
2026-05-05 21:54 ` [PATCH v6] " Mirko Faina
2026-05-06 6:45 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-05-06 12:54 ` Mirko Faina
2026-05-07 9:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-08 0:09 ` Mirko Faina
2026-05-09 12:46 ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-05-10 0:41 ` Mirko Faina
2026-05-09 21:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-10 0:48 ` Mirko Faina
2026-05-09 11:01 ` [PATCH v5] " Junio C Hamano
2026-05-10 0:36 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-22 0:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] revision.c: implement --reverse=before for walks Mirko Faina
2026-04-22 22:44 ` Jeff King
2026-04-22 22:53 ` Mirko Faina
2026-04-22 0:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] revision.c: reduce memory usage on reverse before Mirko Faina
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