Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> And if you didn't know about "git shortlog" already, I personally actually
> find it easier to read
>
> git log --no-merges ORIG_HEAD.. | git shortlog
>
> which orders things by author instead.
Yes, and you can even have '-p' between git and shortlog in the
latter command if you do want the pager ;-).
BTW, when I prepare the "What's in" messages, I often find it
more useful to have a brother of short-log command that does not
group by author but group by topic branch the commits came from.
Currently I prepare the categorized list by hand, reviewing each
commit in "master..next" shortlog output. While I do not mind
it too much since that is a good way to remind myself what are
still cooking, it would be nice to have to a command that takes:
- which branch the output is relative to (defaults
to "master");
- list of branches that are "topics";
- which branch the parts of topics have been merged to
(optional -- I'd use "next" for my use).
and for each topic:
- see if the topic branches off from another topic (for
example, the merge-tree topic branches off from the
xdiff-common topic like [*1*]); if so, state that and
use that branch point instead of "master" in the next
step;
- list commits that have not made "master" yet;
optionally, when "next" is given, limit the output
only to the ones that have made "next" already.
[Footnote]
*1*
$ git show-branch --topics master lt/xdiff-common lt/merge-tree
* [master] git-rev-list: add documentation for --parents, --no-merges
! [lt/xdiff-common] xdiff: generate "anti-diffs" aka what is common...
! [lt/merge-tree] Improved three-way blob merging code
---
+ [lt/merge-tree] Improved three-way blob merging code
+ [lt/merge-tree^] Prepare "git-merge-tree" for future work
++ [lt/xdiff-common] xdiff: generate "anti-diffs" aka what is common...
*++ [master~67] checkout -m: fix read-tree invocation
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