From: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
To: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] documentation: add tutorial for revision walking
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:11:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190724231128.GD43313@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190701201934.30321-1-emilyshaffer@google.com>
On 2019.07.01 13:19, Emily Shaffer wrote:
> Existing documentation on revision walks seems to be primarily intended
> as a reference for those already familiar with the procedure. This
> tutorial attempts to give an entry-level guide to a couple of bare-bones
> revision walks so that new Git contributors can learn the concepts
> without having to wade through options parsing or special casing.
>
> The target audience is a Git contributor who is just getting started
> with the concept of revision walking. The goal is to prepare this
> contributor to be able to understand and modify existing commands which
> perform revision walks more easily, although it will also prepare
> contributors to create new commands which perform walks.
>
> The tutorial covers a basic overview of the structs involved during
> revision walk, setting up a basic commit walk, setting up a basic
> all-object walk, and adding some configuration changes to both walk
> types. It intentionally does not cover how to create new commands or
> search for options from the command line or gitconfigs.
>
> There is an associated patchset at
> https://github.com/nasamuffin/git/tree/revwalk that contains a reference
> implementation of the code generated by this tutorial.
>
> Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
This looks good to me; as a new Git developer I found it informative and
wish it had been present before I took my first look at the rev-walk
code.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-24 23:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 102+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-07 1:07 [PATCH] documentation: add tutorial for revision walking Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:07 ` [RFC PATCH 00/13] example implementation of revwalk tutorial Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:07 ` [RFC PATCH 01/13] walken: add infrastructure for revwalk demo Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 02/13] walken: add usage to enable -h Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 03/13] walken: add placeholder to initialize defaults Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 04/13] walken: add handler to git_config Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 05/13] walken: configure rev_info and prepare for walk Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 06/13] walken: perform our basic revision walk Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 07/13] walken: filter for authors from gmail address Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 08/13] walken: demonstrate various topographical sorts Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 09/13] walken: demonstrate reversing a revision walk list Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 10/13] walken: add unfiltered object walk from HEAD Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 11/13] walken: add filtered object walk Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 19:15 ` Jeff Hostetler
2019-06-17 20:30 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 12/13] walken: count omitted objects Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 1:08 ` [RFC PATCH 13/13] walken: reverse the object walk order Emily Shaffer
2019-06-07 6:21 ` [PATCH] documentation: add tutorial for revision walking Eric Sunshine
2019-06-10 21:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-10 21:38 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-17 23:19 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-19 8:13 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-19 23:35 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-23 18:54 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-10 20:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-17 23:50 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-19 15:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-20 21:06 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-07-13 0:39 ` Josh Steadmon
2019-07-16 0:06 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-07-16 17:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-10 20:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-17 23:33 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:49 ` [PATCH v2] " Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 00/13] example implementation of revwalk tutorial Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 01/13] walken: add infrastructure for revwalk demo Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 02/13] walken: add usage to enable -h Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 4:47 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 18:40 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 4:50 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 03/13] walken: add placeholder to initialize defaults Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 04/13] walken: add handler to git_config Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 4:54 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 18:47 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 05/13] walken: configure rev_info and prepare for walk Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:06 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 18:56 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 06/13] walken: perform our basic revision walk Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:16 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 20:54 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 07/13] walken: filter for authors from gmail address Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:20 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 20:58 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 08/13] walken: demonstrate various topographical sorts Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:22 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 22:12 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 09/13] walken: demonstrate reversing a revision walk list Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:26 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 22:20 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 10/13] walken: add unfiltered object walk from HEAD Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:37 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 22:31 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-28 0:48 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-07-01 19:19 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 11/13] walken: add filtered object walk Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:42 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-27 22:33 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 12/13] walken: count omitted objects Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 5:44 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-06-26 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 13/13] walken: reverse the object walk order Emily Shaffer
2019-06-27 22:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 00/13] example implementation of revwalk tutorial Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:19 ` [PATCH v3] documentation: add tutorial for revision walking Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 00/13] example implementation of revwalk tutorial Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 01/13] walken: add infrastructure for revwalk demo Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 02/13] walken: add usage to enable -h Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 03/13] walken: add placeholder to initialize defaults Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 04/13] walken: add handler to git_config Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 05/13] walken: configure rev_info and prepare for walk Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 06/13] walken: perform our basic revision walk Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 07/13] walken: filter for authors from gmail address Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 08/13] walken: demonstrate various topographical sorts Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 09/13] walken: demonstrate reversing a revision walk list Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 10/13] walken: add unfiltered object walk from HEAD Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 11/13] walken: add filtered object walk Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 12/13] walken: count omitted objects Emily Shaffer
2019-07-01 20:20 ` [RFC PATCH v3 13/13] walken: reverse the object walk order Emily Shaffer
2019-07-25 9:25 ` [RFC PATCH v3 00/13] example implementation of revwalk tutorial Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-06 23:13 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-08 19:19 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-07-24 23:11 ` Josh Steadmon [this message]
2019-07-24 23:32 ` [PATCH v3] documentation: add tutorial for revision walking Jonathan Tan
2019-08-06 23:10 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-06 23:19 ` [PATCH v4] " Emily Shaffer
2019-08-07 19:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-14 18:33 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-14 19:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-10 15:19 ` [PATCH v5] documentation: add tutorial for object walking Emily Shaffer
2019-10-11 5:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 23:26 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-11 17:50 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-11 23:33 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-11 23:55 ` [PATCH v6] " Emily Shaffer
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