On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 10:54:03AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > but I am not sure the results are always more readable. I think "foo^" > > is perhaps nicer than "foo~1". But in more complex examples, I kind of > > think the ~1 is easier to read. E.g.: > > > > # old > > $ git name-rev 9904fadf > > 9904fadf tags/v1.7.3-rc2~1^2~1 > > > > # new > > $ git name-rev 9904fadf > > 9904fadf tags/v1.7.3-rc2~1^2^ > > Curious. Why does the "first take the first parent of rc2" is left as-is, > while "then lastly take its parent" does get shortened? Because my patch is crappy and I didn't spend more than 30 seconds testing it? :) It needs a similar change elsewhere, so the full patch should be: diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c index c946a82..03d7bce 100644 --- a/builtin/name-rev.c +++ b/builtin/name-rev.c @@ -64,9 +64,15 @@ copy_data: if (len > 2 && !strcmp(tip_name + len - 2, "^0")) len -= 2; - if (generation > 0) - sprintf(new_name, "%.*s~%d^%d", len, tip_name, + if (generation > 0) { + int w = sprintf(new_name, "%.*s", len, tip_name); + if (generation == 1) + sprintf(new_name + w, "^^%d", + parent_number); + else + sprintf(new_name + w, "~%d^%d", generation, parent_number); + } else sprintf(new_name, "%.*s^%d", len, tip_name, parent_number); @@ -142,8 +148,12 @@ static const char *get_rev_name(const struct object *o) int len = strlen(n->tip_name); if (len > 2 && !strcmp(n->tip_name + len - 2, "^0")) len -= 2; - snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%.*s~%d", len, n->tip_name, - n->generation); + if (n->generation == 1) + snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%.*s^", len, + n->tip_name); + else + snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%.*s~%d", len, + n->tip_name, n->generation); return buffer; } However, IMHO that looks even worse: $ git name-rev 9904fadf 9904fadf tags/v1.7.3-rc2^^2^ -Peff -- 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