From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-reflog.txt: add an EXAMPLES section
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:40:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy1twvp1v.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+EOSBkp7xUPOa1uJcSi1MBYqUG6r7KQmDjAWDLqLXJwwQ0djA@mail.gmail.com> (Elia Pinto's message of "Mon, 3 Oct 2022 15:53:06 +0200")
Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> writes:
> The examples included are based on an email exchange done here between
> a user and a git developer, maybe Junio, I don't remember. The user
> found the explanation useful, as he had a hard time understanding how
> git-reflog worked with branches. I agree that better could be done,
> for example by entering how to recover lost commits, but that was not
> the goal at the moment. Later this is something that it is always
> possible to do. It is also true that the examples in practice show
> what should already be known with gitrevisions however obviously many
> users cannot find the link between the two, I must imagine
Geez. I did find the examples, especially the use of "4" as a
random number pulled out of thin air, vaguely familiar. You seem
to mean https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqo7xuif46.fsf@gitster.g/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-03 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-03 8:46 [PATCH] git-reflog.txt: add an EXAMPLES section Elia Pinto
2022-10-03 9:20 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-03 13:53 ` Elia Pinto
2022-10-03 16:40 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-10-03 16:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-03 13:07 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-10-03 16:36 ` Junio C Hamano
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