Re: The git spring cleanup challenge

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>]

Elijah Newren wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 6:36 PM Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Elijah Newren wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 3:39 PM Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > [diff]
> > > >         algorithm = patience
> > >
> > > Any reason for patience vs. histogram?
> >
> > Is histogram better than default?
> 
> Yes, definitely.  I think diff.algorithm should default to histogram,
> personally.
> 
> See also commits 85551232b56e (perf: compare diff algorithms,
> 2012-03-06) and c8017176ac8f (merge-ort: use histogram diff,
> 2020-12-13).

Interesting. I'll give it a try after this month.

> > > > [merge]
> > > >         conflictStyle = diff3
> > > >
> > >
> > > Anyway, here's my list to join in on the fun...
> > >
> > > [branch]
> > >         sort = authordate
> >
> > Nice. I didn't know that existed.
> >
> > I have `tag.sort = -version:refname`, and after a few days without I'm
> > wondering why it isn't the default.
> >
> > > [alias]
> > >         brief = !git log --no-walk --abbrev=12 --pretty=reference
> >
> > I find it odd that you prefer `git log --no-walk` over
> > `git show --quiet`.
> 
> Why?  Both log and show require an extra flag, so why should the
> choice matter or be surprising?

Because log is to list a log, and show is to show a single commit. --no-walk
makes sense in addition to --stdin for example.

A log with a single entry doesn't seem like a log to me. But to each his
own.

> I happen to use log a lot more than show, so I think in terms of
> adding flags to git log rather than the ones I need to add to git
> show.  Not a big deal either way, though.

I'm the opposite, in fact, I barely use git log. When I want to see
history I use gitk, and when I want to see a single commit `git show`.

 9% show
 7% v # alias for gitk
 2% log

> > > [log]
> > >         mailmap = true
> >
> > Another one that I don't see why it isn't the default.
> 
> It is the default and has been for a couple years; see f3eda90ffc10
> (log: really flip the --mailmap default, 2019-08-01).  I just never
> cleaned up my config.

Ohhh, that makes sense.

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Felipe Contreras