On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> (*) I'll give you one answer in the next email. But before you read that
> email, try to think about it, and see if you can guess at patterns.
Lookie here:
[torvalds@i5 linux]$ git log --pretty=full | grep '^Commit: ' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | grep localdomain
1 Commit: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
2 Commit: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3 Commit: James Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3 Commit: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3 Commit: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
4 Commit: James Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
32 Commit: Thomas Graf <tgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
410 Commit: James Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[torvalds@i5 linux]$ git log --pretty=full | grep '^Author: ' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | grep localdomain
1 Author: Alex Deucher <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
1 Author: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
1 Author: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
1 Author: Grzegorz Nosek <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
1 Author: Izik Eidus <izike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
1 Author: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
2 Author: Esti Kummer <stkumer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
2 Author: James Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3 Author: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3 Author: James Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3 Author: James Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
4 Author: Cindy H Kao <evans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
4 Author: Kristian Høgsberg <krh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
See? Mistakes happen. But look at what happens to the committer
information? Think about it. Really _think_ about it. There is absolutely
zero _technical_ difference between the two fields. The only difference is
that "git log" by default shows one, and not the other.
So as a human, which one do you think people care about and fix more
quickly?
And look at the numbers once more.
Linus
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