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

2015-08-06 Thread Junio C Hamano
Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com 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

[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=90659

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

2015-08-05 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com 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

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 gits...@pobox.com wrote: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com 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

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

2015-08-05 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com 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