From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: rms@gnu.org, Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 00:06:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ae7aaad9-97e4-58d3-a822-e0e8812ac948@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1eWBB4-0007cc-9t@fencepost.gnu.org>
Richard Stallman wrote:
> Was the whole history of our repository lost at that time ???
Not at all. It's still there.
As part of maintenance I've done quite a bit of spelunking through the history
of Emacs and other GNU programs, and the problem of following renames is small
potatoes compared to the issues that normally consume most of my
software-archaeology time: namely, figuring out *why* a change was made, not the
mechanical details of what changed.
What would be most helpful (and I realize I'm asking for a lot) would be
ChangeLog entries or commit messages (it doesn't matter which) that explain the
*motivation* for each change. In contrast, often it is counterproductive to
burden commit messages with mechanical details such as naming each and every
function that was modified, as it wastes developers' time to wade through these
details when they're trying to look for stuff that's more important.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-02 8:06 UTC|newest]
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2017-10-15 7:39 bug#28842: gnus-sync is missing Andreas Schwab
2017-12-09 19:58 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-10 11:37 ` Andreas Schwab
2017-12-10 13:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-10 13:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2017-12-11 14:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-11 15:40 ` Andreas Schwab
2017-12-11 15:49 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-11 15:51 ` Andreas Schwab
2017-12-11 22:37 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-12 17:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-12 22:08 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-12 23:41 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-15 21:26 ` The name gnus-cloud.el Richard Stallman
2017-12-16 22:34 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-17 22:22 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-17 22:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-12-17 22:57 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2017-12-18 21:15 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-17 23:20 ` Stephen Berman
2017-12-18 21:17 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-17 23:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-18 0:33 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-18 3:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-18 21:16 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-19 3:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-21 16:50 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-21 17:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-22 18:47 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-22 18:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-22 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-23 14:58 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-23 15:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-24 20:34 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-25 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-25 22:27 ` Paul Eggert
2017-12-26 19:40 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-10 13:16 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-24 20:34 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-25 16:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-31 16:27 ` Steinar Bang
2017-12-31 16:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-31 18:12 ` Óscar Fuentes
2017-12-31 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-01 0:48 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 4:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-31 18:27 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 1:05 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 4:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-01 10:07 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 10:59 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 21:40 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 11:00 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 21:37 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 11:06 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 21:36 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 21:59 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 22:42 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 22:04 ` Óscar Fuentes
2018-01-01 22:45 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-01-02 0:02 ` Óscar Fuentes
2018-01-02 1:15 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-02 8:06 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2018-01-02 8:49 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-07-10 13:14 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-10 15:05 ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-10 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-10 20:54 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-10 23:04 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-11 3:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 3:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 4:44 ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-11 8:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 13:54 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support), Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support), Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support), " Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-11 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 16:09 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-07-11 17:13 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-07-11 22:50 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-11 23:04 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-07-12 23:35 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-13 20:13 ` Jonas Bernoulli
2018-07-14 7:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 17:31 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-11 18:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 20:14 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-11 22:36 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 2:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 9:04 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 13:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 16:26 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 16:47 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 16:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 16:56 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 17:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 19:37 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-13 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 17:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 23:12 ` João Távora
2018-07-13 18:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-14 17:36 ` [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers (was Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)) João Távora
2018-07-15 5:33 ` [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-15 10:41 ` João Távora
2018-07-15 14:11 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-16 2:15 ` [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers (was Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)) Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 10:10 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 12:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 14:02 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 18:00 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 18:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 18:50 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 21:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-21 10:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 23:02 ` João Távora
2018-07-21 10:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-21 13:02 ` João Távora
2018-07-21 13:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-21 15:08 ` João Távora
2018-07-21 16:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-08 1:10 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-10-08 1:31 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 13:36 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 15:53 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-12 16:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 16:48 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-12 17:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 20:01 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-12 20:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 20:28 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 3:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 8:18 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 12:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 13:07 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 15:29 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-07-13 15:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 16:40 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 16:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 23:33 ` João Távora
2018-07-13 18:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 19:45 ` João Távora
2018-07-13 20:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 17:08 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-07-11 17:56 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-11 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 22:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-12 14:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 22:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-12 19:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-12 23:03 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-12 23:39 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-11 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 17:03 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-07-12 17:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 4:33 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-07-13 8:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 14:15 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-13 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 16:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 23:11 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-14 6:58 ` Commit header lines (was: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)) Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-14 16:09 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-14 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-14 21:57 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-12 19:42 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-13 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-02 16:15 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 2:50 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-03 3:24 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 18:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 18:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 20:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 20:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 22:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 3:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-04 5:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 6:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-04 8:03 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-04 14:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 16:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-04 13:15 ` Dmitry Gutov
2018-01-05 3:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 18:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-01-03 22:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 12:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-01-04 18:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 15:32 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 20:11 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 16:42 ` Stephen Leake
2018-01-04 11:46 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-03 3:08 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-03 3:28 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-08 2:16 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-08 4:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-08 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-08 18:41 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-08 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-08 19:29 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-08 21:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-09 2:55 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-09 7:27 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-10 3:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-10 8:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-10 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-11 22:08 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-12 8:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 2:33 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-13 5:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-13 8:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 10:31 ` Tim Landscheidt
2018-01-13 17:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-13 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 21:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-13 19:35 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-13 19:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 20:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-14 3:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 8:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-16 2:16 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-09 2:54 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-02 22:04 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Steinar Bang
2018-01-02 5:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-02 17:34 ` The name gnus-cloud.el Karl Fogel
2018-01-02 20:42 ` Chad Brown
2017-12-18 21:15 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-19 6:09 ` John Wiegley
2017-12-19 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-21 16:51 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-19 9:09 ` joakim
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