Subject: Re: [PATCH v28 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons

From: Harald Nordgren <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:50:08 +0100

> I think what would have moved things forward more than just a ping,
> though, is generating a plan for moving forward in the face of confusing
> review.

Very fair point!

> That can be quite hard for first-time contributors, though.

I'm not actually a first time contributor 🤗 I worked on this feature
between around 2016-18. So I know it can take a while:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?h=seen&id=1fb20dfd8ed70b4459312918a71444bc79ea6f0b 

Harald