From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: Nils Ackermann <nils-gmane@ackermath.info>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Please don't use revision numbers on commit messages (and elsewhere).
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 00:03:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=LjLpB-ejY-OTEpp0xX6OQbM0nGA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=rbrvzewKycSSfzD6NhuqU4dGO0Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 23:36, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In what way is it difficult to handle the current schema? (I guess you
>> never type the revid?)
>
> Git ids hare 40-char "random" strings, but they are hashes, so they
> vary from the start, and most of the time you get around by typing
> just 6 to 8 chars. Bazaar ids are longer (14 char timestamps + 16 char
> random string + 2 separators + e-mail, so longer unless the e-mail is
> shorter than 8 chars) and for a given year and user, the first
> significant character is at (length e-mail) + 5... but even if the
> random string were at the start would still be irrelevant because the
> Bazaar interface doesn't allow shortening revids. You have to type
> them in full.
>
> If they allowed passing just the random-string part it would be a bit
> easier. As it is, you always have to type long strings, or cut&paste
> them.
Cut&paste is perhaps not that awful. If it really is then perhaps
Emacs could provide some completion (if bzr has can support it).
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Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-31 20:47 Please don't use revision numbers on commit messages (and elsewhere) Óscar Fuentes
2011-03-31 21:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-03-31 21:53 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-03-31 21:59 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-03-31 22:06 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-03-31 22:18 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-03-31 22:58 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-01 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 7:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-04-01 8:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 8:17 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-04-01 8:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 8:54 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-04-01 10:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 10:21 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-04-01 10:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 11:18 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-04-01 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 13:32 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-04-01 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 13:51 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-04-01 15:26 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 20:17 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-03-31 23:14 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-01 0:11 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 0:28 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-01 1:20 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 8:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 12:08 ` David Kastrup
2011-04-01 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 15:35 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 20:04 ` David Kastrup
2011-04-01 20:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 20:43 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 10:34 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-01 15:55 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 21:53 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-04 16:32 ` Nils Ackermann
2011-04-04 21:27 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-04 21:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-04 21:49 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-04 22:03 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2011-04-04 22:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-04 22:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-04 22:35 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-05 21:00 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-04-05 21:00 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-04-06 1:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-06 2:55 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-06 12:47 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-04-01 1:59 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-01 10:00 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-04-01 15:00 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-01 16:38 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-04-01 18:08 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-01 18:56 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-04-01 20:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-01 10:45 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-01 14:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-01 15:14 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-01 19:58 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-04-02 2:12 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-01 1:35 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-01 10:39 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-03-31 23:16 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-04-01 0:20 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 8:38 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-04-01 9:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 10:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 17:38 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-04-01 15:38 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 19:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 20:21 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-01 20:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-01 21:40 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-04-02 0:03 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-02 6:20 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-04-02 13:47 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-03 8:00 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-04-03 16:13 ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-04-04 9:29 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-04-05 2:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-02 2:57 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-01 0:55 ` Stefan Monnier
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