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=AWL,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 01:22:18 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <7v4przfpir.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200612132237.10051.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:22:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-X-Sender: gene099@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: <200612132237.10051.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 1GueMh-0007ZT-Gp for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:22:23 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751780AbWLNAWU (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:22:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751834AbWLNAWU (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:22:20 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:41516 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751780AbWLNAWT (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:22:19 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Dec 2006 00:22:18 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO dumbo2) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp032) with SMTP; 14 Dec 2006 01:22:18 +0100 To: Andy Parkins Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote: > On Wednesday 2006, December 13 21:35, Junio C Hamano 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. Besides, The fact that revert _adds_ to history is a nice way to document that you reverted that change. And you can even explain in the commit message, why you did it. > * git-fetch output is confusing: > remote: Generating pack... > remote: Done counting 189146 objects. > remote: Result has 186566 objects. > remote: Deltifying 186566 objects. > remote: 100% (186566/186566) done > Unpacking 186566 objects > 24% (44792/186566) done > Some questions from the point of view of a newbie: what is a pack? what is > an object? Why is the remote counting them? Which remote am I reading > from? What am I fetching? What is "Deltifying"? How much data do I have > to download (number of objects doesn't tell me). How long has this taken? > How long is left to go? IMHO it is better for a newbie to see that _something_ is happening. A newbie cannot, and does not want to, understand exactly what is going on. 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. Ciao, Dscho