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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, jonathantanmy@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: Introduce '.gitorderfile'
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:44:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqinix1j29.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170711233827.23486-1-sbeller@google.com> (Stefan Beller's message of "Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:38:27 -0700")

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

>   I want to force myself to think about the design before pointing out
>   memory leaks and coding style, so the least I would wish for is:
>     *.h
>     *.c
>   but as we have more to look at, I would want to have the most abstract
>   thing to come first. And most abstract from the actual code is the
>   user interaction, the documentation.

This is exactly why I invented the orderfile in the first place.
But such a "policy" is not something a project would want to enforce
its users all the time; it is left to personal preference of the
participants.

Just set diff.orderFile to suit your taste without bothering other
people, I would say.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-12 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-11 23:38 [PATCH] RFC: Introduce '.gitorderfile' Stefan Beller
2017-07-12 20:44 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-07-12 20:57   ` Jeff King
2017-07-12 21:08     ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-13 15:59       ` Jeff King
2017-07-13 17:30         ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-13 17:32           ` Brandon Williams
2017-07-13 19:12           ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-13 19:20             ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-13 20:47               ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-12 23:54     ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-13 16:00       ` Jeff King
2017-07-12 20:58   ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-12 21:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-12 21:55       ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-12 21:03   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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