From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: What's in git.git (stable) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:51:02 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <7v4przfpir.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200612132237.10051.andyparkins@gmail.com> <200612141021.12637.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:51:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-X-Sender: gene099@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: <200612141021.12637.andyparkins@gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GuoBJ-0000ei-4c for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:51:17 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932413AbWLNKvI (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:51:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932470AbWLNKvH (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:51:07 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:36039 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932447AbWLNKvE (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:51:04 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Dec 2006 10:51:03 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO dumbo2) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp001) with SMTP; 14 Dec 2006 11:51:03 +0100 To: Andy Parkins Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote: > On Thursday 2006 December 14 00:22, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > * git-revert should be called git-invert. It doesn't remove a change > > > from history, it simply applies another commit that does the > > > opposite of whatever commit you are "revert"ing. That's an inversion. > > > > No. An inversion is the _opposite_. Not an undo. > > That's what I'm saying, we are applying the opposite of the given commit > - that commit is being inverted and applied again. Ahh! I get what you are thinking. I was talking about reverting a change from the _content's viewpoint_. I _never_ want to revert history (I am no politician, you know?) > > newbie cannot, and does not want to, understand exactly what is going > > on. > > "newbie" doesn't mean "idiot". Everybody wants to understand what is > going on. I heartly disagree. I saw so many faces _begging_ me to just say _what_ to do, not _why_, and quickly, please. > > So, think of it as our response to Windows' non-progress-bar: when you > > start up Windows, there is a progress-bar, except that it does not > > show progress, but a Knight Rider like movement, only indicating that > > it does something. > > Given the choice between nothing and a non-progress "doing something" > bar, I would of course pick the "doing something" bar. However, given > the choice between a "doing something" bar and a progress bar, I'd > rather have the progress bar. If I have the choice between a "doing something" bar and a Windows Explorer "14 seconds left" bar showing the same message for two minutes, I'd rather have a Mars bar ;-) Ciao, Dscho