--first-parent On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 00:39, Christian Schulte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 03/14/17 um 01:27 schrieb Jeff Jensen: > >> The date of the commit is not the date it got committed to master, but > the > > date it got committed to some branch, no longer existing after the > commit. > > If this is the way GIT works, so be it. I just don't like it. It could > not > > be more confusing. > > > > A couple of thoughts in case they help you. > > > > 1. Git has "author date" and "commit date" for each commit. > > * author date is the original date of the first commit, never > changes. > > * commit date is the last time the commit was modified (e.g. amended, > > committed to a branch). > > Each date is useful, depending on the situation investigating. > > Yes. It is lacking information about when a commit got added to a > specific branch. Create a branch of master, work on it for a few months, > then merge it back to master. Information about when the months old > commits have been merged to master is missing. Maybe I am just using the > tool incorrectly. Currently I am creating a branch from master to work > on using 'git pull --rebase origin/master' followed by a fast-forward > push to master using 'git push origin branchname:master'. That way the > commits appear in order. If I would do 'git merge' the months old > commits appear at a months old place in time on master with possibly > other commits done in between by others mixed in. This is what 'man > git-merge' tells me is the way things are supposed to be. I am not even > sure I got that correctly. > > > > > To help with the date displays, which git client(s) do you use? > > git and gitk. > > > Please ask for more git help if you like. Many people on the list know > it > > well, and happy to help your productivity. > > Thanks for the clarifications. > > Regards, > -- > Christian > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Sent from my phone
