Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > We could remove it if you find it confusing. > > I think the original motivation that line was added was to help > people who see "git log" (without any frills) output for the first > time not to be alarmed when they see newer things first: "In > general, the "time" flows from bottom to top", but the "time" in > that sentence is not necessarily the timestamp of either committer > nor author field. Just to clarify, I am not defending the current wording that I did not touch in my patch with the above. I am just giving historical background to help _other_ people (including you) to come up with a better wording, as I do not think of a better replacement myself. -- 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