On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 10:18:35 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Alexander Shishkin <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > This specifier represents the number of each commit in the output > > stream. > > I don't like this. What does such a number _mean_ in a non-linear > history? My idea is to have something like $ git log --pretty=oneline | nl | less -R This is generally useful when my local topic branch contains more than 5 (or so) commits and I can't immediately see which one's which if I want to do a $ git show HEAD~$n to see what's inside, which is useful when reordering and/or squashing commits by an interactive rebase. So this %O gives me this $n quicker than counting. > Also the next person who sees this will inevitably ask for %TOTAL to so > that the output can say [N/M], but that would mean the list has to be > limited and we cannot stream the output anymore. Well, for me this kind of numbering only makes sense on a short part of the topmost history. Regards, -- Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html