From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: timestamps not git-cloned Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:44:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <200811291117.01655.trast@student.ethz.ch> <87k5am3uom.fsf@jidanni.org> <4933A9B1.3070904@op5.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: jidanni@jidanni.org, git@vger.kernel.org To: Andreas Ericsson X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Dec 01 12:46:00 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L77Dx-0001Ov-UT for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:45:58 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752079AbYLALol (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 06:44:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752132AbYLALol (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 06:44:41 -0500 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.24]:38157 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751666AbYLALok (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 06:44:40 -0500 Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so1021721eyi.37 for ; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:44:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received :x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to :message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:date; bh=FFWvqFiKtJwIUyrENzrNmLC4ST23exrj8Fp0ln5tbjk=; b=aZ7Cj1i0ppnZfiUzSI9D9/vFnlk6ZAC2xUC93EkCe5H+mwE8C+FKjxboJCbZlfCU7Z LK4esrHgcWFil2Qe8QmklQT4FiSvoD1GvRpwJ33E08Z7pD6VxpMLaPTGQMC1t/VlJnYv FVANQVKT4oEHXjosThZGazsY669gCTMHdHk5Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to :message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:date; b=nN41WlEkiBtUE7EUPT659E5CwM6hYjubM8koTFVxmz05XY6RvRyxxA1cAp83uMS8zh Jje0vbQvMyrxxts1BZB82bB2HsFWjXmu+b7b1FoFG4I1n4xeLSDYxtOhdurO8fP2lo9N GqzBaCMmiZmIItTZ8vrct7tDFWnUJj+57Bvjo= Received: by 10.210.70.14 with SMTP id s14mr7145096eba.94.1228131878535; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:44:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (abwt156.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.8.243.156]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm1512061eyk.29.2008.12.01.03.44.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:44:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id mB1Bhk0w008693; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:43:57 +0100 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id mB1BhTi2008689; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:43:29 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: <4933A9B1.3070904@op5.se> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Andreas Ericsson writes: > I see a lot of ranting but no patches from you. Since you're the one > with the itch, why not just submit a patch and see if distro packagers > start using it? > > Some words of advice though; Make it optional, or it'll be dropped on > the floor. For bonus points, make it calculate timestamps only for a > path-spec delimited set of files. That'll cut down expected runtime > by a *huge* amount for something like the linux kernel. I think the old idea of 'tree blame' (search archives) would be a good interface for this feature... if you decide to write it. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git