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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org,  vdye@github.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] git for-each-ref: is-base atom and base branches
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 09:55:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqzfpudful.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27f3de89-55b2-413d-b4b4-6b35f8c4bcc9@gmail.com> (Derrick Stolee's message of "Fri, 2 Aug 2024 10:32:46 -0400")

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

> consider this documentation diff, and I look forward to other review
> comments that I can use to improve this series before sending v2.
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
> b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
> index c1dd12b93cf..5154ba3e2a7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
> @@ -264,6 +264,16 @@ ahead-behind:<committish>::
>  	commits ahead and behind, respectively, when comparing the output
>  	ref to the `<committish>` specified in the format.
>
> +is-base:<committish>::
> +	In at most one row, `(<committish>)` will appear to indicate the ref
> +	that minimizes the number of commits in the first-parent history of
> +	`<committish>` and not in the first-parent history of the ref. Ties
> +	are broken by favoring the earliest ref in the list. Note that this
> +	token will not appear if the first-parent history of `<committish>`
> +	does not intersect the first-parent histories of the filtered refs.
> +	This can be used as a heuristic to guess which of the filtered refs
> +	was used as the base of the branch that produced `<committish>`.
> +

OK.  Knowing what definition you used is crucial when reading the
implementation, as we cannot tell what you wanted to implement
without it ;-)

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-08-02 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-01 22:10 [PATCH 0/3] git for-each-ref: is-base atom and base branches Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-01 22:10 ` [PATCH 1/3] commit-reach: add get_branch_base_for_tip Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-01 22:10 ` [PATCH 2/3] for-each-ref: add 'is-base' token Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-01 22:10 ` [PATCH 3/3] p1500: add is-base performance tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-01 23:06 ` [PATCH 0/3] git for-each-ref: is-base atom and base branches Junio C Hamano
2024-08-02 14:32   ` Derrick Stolee
2024-08-02 16:55     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-08-02 17:30       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-11 17:34 ` [PATCH v2 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-11 17:34   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] commit-reach: add get_branch_base_for_tip Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-12 20:30     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-13 13:39       ` Derrick Stolee
2024-08-11 17:34   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] for-each-ref: add 'is-base' token Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-12 21:05     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-13 13:44       ` Derrick Stolee
2024-08-11 17:34   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] p1500: add is-base performance tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-14 10:31   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] git for-each-ref: is-base atom and base branches Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-14 10:31     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] commit-reach: add get_branch_base_for_tip Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-14 10:31     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] commit: add gentle reference lookup method Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-14 10:31     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] for-each-ref: add 'is-base' token Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-14 10:31     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] p1500: add is-base performance tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2024-08-19 19:52     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] git for-each-ref: is-base atom and base branches Junio C Hamano
2024-08-20  1:33       ` Derrick Stolee

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