Re: [Outreachy] Feedback on 'guix git log' subcommand

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 00:53, Magali <magalilemes00@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On a side note, I've been blogging about it at
>> <https://magalilemes.gitlab.io/blog>.
>
> Nice readings! :-)

Seconded!

>> Below are a few examples of the options currently available:
>>
>> ./pre-inst-env guix git log --format=medium
>> ./pre-inst-env guix git log --oneline
>> ./pre-inst-env guix git log --channel-cache-path
>> ./pre-inst-env guix git log --channel-cache-path=guix
>
> Cool!
>
> An example, the recent update of setuptools breaks python2-setuptools.
>
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix git log --oneline \
>>   | grep 'python-setuptools:' | grep Update
> b3ca2b4 gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 40.8.0.
> d0205df gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 40.0.0.
> 62a9a23 gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 18.3.1.
> d3d656c gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 12.1.
> d660f7b gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 31.0.0.
> e39d493 gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 41.0.1.
> 3142dac gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 52.0.0.
>
>
> Ah, the order seems weird, “git log” says:
>
> 3142daccbe gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 52.0.0.
> e39d4933d1 gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 41.0.1.
> b3ca2b45d1 gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 40.8.0.
> d0205dfd92 gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 40.0.0.
> d660f7be6d gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 31.0.0.
> 62a9a23bf9 gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 18.3.1.
> d3d656c5fb gnu: python-setuptools: Update to 12.1.

It might be breadth-first vs. depth-first?  I remember having
difficulties finding out which ordering ‘git log’ chooses when I was
working on ‘guix pull --news’.

At any rate, this all looks promising.  Thanks for keeping us posted,
Magali!

Ludo’.