On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Julian Foad wrote:
> Daniel L. Rall wrote:
...
> >knowing in which revision new public
> >fields
> >were added to a data type without having to rely on blame (which is subject
> >to whitespace changes, refactoring, etc.) is absolutely essential. :)
>
> But we still would know. If the names aren't listed in the log message for
> this particular revision, they're still in the diff for this revision. How
> is that insufficient?
Assuming blame is not useful, doesn't it require the seeker to a binary
search throughout the deltas to locate the revision? The search parameters
can be further narrowed by using the revisions of log messages which changed
the structure, but it's so convenient to be able to run log, and use your
editor's search to seek through the log message for the exact field name
which was added.
> Oh well. Log messages always require a subjective judgement of what level
> of detail is useful. I'll note your preference and adjust my expectations
> slightly towards yours.
Thanks Julian.
- Dan
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Received on Fri Sep 30 00:50:33 2005