From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB05C433E0 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 06:50:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3ECA2313B for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 06:50:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726023AbhATGud (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:50:33 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:64755 "EHLO pb-smtp1.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725827AbhATGsd (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:48:33 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC5DAF229; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:47:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=ShzranesDx/2hcVNrhLjuz7aE94=; b=OOM7q7 55HDegVr6z8LOwbe/odqs0gpGszDdeZmmGgCWet85uicjYv4FCu3ZrKqNr6slwJ4 3vLI8Gvsx3FA3WuzN5FZ+McpLMUPdSW/ofDcUtZL+BADTDGHOlViacPQd9NvX+ik uDokZQ3uz+grpQ2ZXpfSnpomVJpGp+gFlWZqI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=f3bn9v72NgDA2wBDl6IoC7UhvkzNMrDY KFRLWXYtjXgODSm+DCRAFGbUGX3tSYB1k6X3rf/ngZARtetOoJN42ahsWCyI+8+Z 6KZXtjoY2+T5oyD9vMyxQIqSa5zP23yyWiu4fFbezEulfWtPlMPIff/uYv3aNlbl lCK9yKCb8NM= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97010AF228; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:47:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.74.99.68]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 26502AF227; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:47:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Kyle Marek Cc: Jason Pyeron , git@vger.kernel.org, Philippe Blain Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] revision: Denote root commits with '#' References: <196101d6eab6$20714550$6153cff0$@pdinc.us> <20210117110337.429994-1-kmarek@pdinc.us> <20210117110337.429994-2-kmarek@pdinc.us> <237aeef3-239f-bff4-fa17-5581092c8f51@pdinc.us> <460257a2-478a-eb4c-f6fa-b1cc55384cd5@pdinc.us> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:47:42 -0800 In-Reply-To: <460257a2-478a-eb4c-f6fa-b1cc55384cd5@pdinc.us> (Kyle Marek's message of "Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:25:48 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 658156BC-5AEB-11EB-B8D6-D152C8D8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Kyle Marek writes: > When graphing C..Z, git produces output like: > > * 0fbb0dc (HEAD -> z) Z > |\ > | * 11be529 (master) B > | * 8dd1b85 A > * 851a915 Y > * 27d3ed0 (x) X > > We cannot tell from the above graph alone that X is a root and A is not. I actually do not see that as a problem. In the past several years, I've never needed to see "log --graph" output that goes all the way down to the roots, unless I was playing with a toy repository in order to tweak and/or develop a feature in Git that draws the graph. Besides, such root commtis in real life projects would not say "X", but something along the lines of "my very initial commit", which would be much more "/" friendly to pagers than "#". So, no, sorry, but I do not buy "root is more special" at all. Thanks.