Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> writes: > Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> How about a '--order' switch? >> >> --order=chrono[logical] >> --order=rev[erse][-chrono[logical]] (default) >> >> The switches "--reverse" and "--noreverse" are certainly confusing in >> the context of a default that is "reverse chronological order". > > I think --reverse is just fine. It is "reverse" from usual, and > people already know (or they should learn) what the usual order > is. > >> BTW, my mailer is defaulting to sending mail to the original poster, >> CCing others, including the mailing list. I'm used to simply replying >> to the list. Is this the proper convention here, to reply directly to >> humans and CC the list? > > I only speak for myself, but I always prefer to address my > message's To: header to the person I am primarily talking to, > while leaving other people on Cc: line (which usually includes > the list address). I, on the other hand, have recently been annoyed by having my inbox filled with mails that I already can read on the list (actually the gmane newsgruop). So there is probably not a single good answer. -- David Kågedal - 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