RE: gitweb: please show tags file history browsing

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Narebski [mailto:jnareb@xxxxxxxxx]
> Tjernlund wrote:
> >> On Sun, 12 Sep 2010, Tjernlund wrote:
> >>>> From: Jakub Narebski [mailto:jnareb@xxxxxxxxx]
> >>>> On Sun, 12 Sep 2010, Tjernlund wrote:
> >>>>>> From: Jakub Narebski [mailto:jnareb@xxxxxxxxx]
> 
> >>>>>> While it probably be possible to show tags in 'history' view, it would
> >>>>>> be not easy.  The problem is that 'history' view shows only commits
> >>>>>> that touch specified file or directory, and tagged commits usually do
> >>>>>> not touch those files (at least if one is using "bump version number"
> >>>>>> commits to tag them).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So you would have:
> >>>>>> 1. Design where to show those tags - they would be between shown
> >>>>>>    commits.
> >>>>>> 2. Create code which shows some/all tags that are between commits in
> >>>>>>    the presence of nonlinear history, without affecting performance
> >>>>>>    too badly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ah, that is too bad because I think it would really useful.
> >>>>> Image browsing a drivers history in the linux kernel. Then it would be
> >>>>> really nice to see what changes/bug fixes went into what release.
> >>>>
> >>>> First, you can help with the first issue even if you can't help with
> >>>> the coding itself.
> >>>
> >>> I like the gitk way of showing tags, won't that work in gitweb too?
> >>
> >> Err... "gitk" shows tags, but so does 'shortlog' and 'log' view in
> >> gitweb.  The 'history' view in gitweb doesn't show intermediate tags,
> >> but neither does "gitk -- <path>".
> >
> > I know, I just meant the yellow note with tag name in it, how tags
> > are displayed. When they are display is another matter :)
> 
> When those yellow notes with tag name are displayed beside commit
> subject it means that this commit is referenced by given tag (i.e.
> <this tag>^{commit} = <this commit>).
> 
> We have to distinguish situation where tag is between commits, and
> tag points to commit.

Why? I just want to know if a commit is included or not in the tag.
When a tag is formally between commits, just display the
tag with the commit line below.

 Jocke 

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