Re: [PATCH/RFC] gitweb: Don't pass --full-history to git-log(1)

2015-08-06 Thread Junio C Hamano
Junio C Hamano writes: > Heh, in 2008 we already had more than a few dozen. > > I think > > (1) It is perfectly OK to add an UI option to let the web visitor > choose between simplified and full history at runtime, > optionally with a new gitweb.conf option to let the project > ow

Re: [PATCH/RFC] gitweb: Don't pass --full-history to git-log(1)

2015-08-05 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > I'm reminded of the make(1) story about not supporting spaces instead > of tabs because the guy already had a few dozen users. > > We could have changed this in 2008, when Git already had much fewer > users, Heh, in 2008 we already had more than a few dozen. I

Re: [PATCH/RFC] gitweb: Don't pass --full-history to git-log(1)

2015-08-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > >> When you look at the history for a file via "git log" we don't show >> --full-history by default, but the Gitweb UI does so, which can be very >> confusing for all the reasons discussed in "History Simpl

Re: [PATCH/RFC] gitweb: Don't pass --full-history to git-log(1)

2015-08-05 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > When you look at the history for a file via "git log" we don't show > --full-history by default, but the Gitweb UI does so, which can be very > confusing for all the reasons discussed in "History Simplification" in > git-log(1) and in > http://thread.gmane.org/g

[PATCH/RFC] gitweb: Don't pass --full-history to git-log(1)

2015-08-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
When you look at the history for a file via "git log" we don't show --full-history by default, but the Gitweb UI does so, which can be very confusing for all the reasons discussed in "History Simplification" in git-log(1) and in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/89400/focus=906