Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] revision: allow --ancestry-path to take an argument

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On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:54 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >                       ancestry_path:1,
> > +
> > +                     /* True if --ancestry-path was specified without an
> > +                      * argument. The bottom revisions are implicitly
> > +                      * the arguments in this case.
> > +                      */
> > +                     ancestry_path_implicit_bottoms:1,
>
> The above comment explains why this is called "implicit" very well.
> The earlier round used "need", but the word missed the essense (i.e.
> ancestry_path argument is implicit and not given, so we need to
> compute bottoms and use them instead).  The new name is certainly
> better.

Yep, I agree, but all credit for this improvement goes to Jonathan;
this was one of many good suggestions in his careful review.



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