On 2006-11-21, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, 21 Nov 2006, Peter Baumann wrote: >> >> Why not make --root the default? I also stumbled over this behaviour and >> even asked on this list. > > I suspect we should make the thing a config option, and default it to > "on". > That would be great. > I personally do _not_ want to see the root commit, because for the kernel, > it's a honking huge import that does not make sense as a "diff". It's not > really a diff against anything, after all - it's an import. > > That's really the reason why git defaults to not showing the root diff at > all: exactly because for the kernel, the initial commit was state that > "just came to be", and I found it both illogical and annoying to see it as > a diff, since that commit really was a "black hole" where previous history > just disappeared. > > But if you have the _full_ history with a new project, "--root" by default > probably makes tons of sense. > I am aware of the import problem, especially from the kernel history. And I think handling this behaviour as a config option is the right thing, because most of the time if someone imports a project into git he will import the whole history, especially if he is using one of the cvs/svn importers. A "halfway import" as seen in the kernel repo is a special case and it is unlikely seen again. Peter - 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