From: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail•com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: Julia Evans <julia@jvns•ca>, Julia Evans <gitgitgadget@gmail•com>,
git@vger•kernel.org,
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com>,
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks•im>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] doc: add an explanation of Git's data model
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 19:48:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D50AB3E0-E41C-49CD-9407-AB60331A6A43@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo6pde90w.fsf@gitster.g>
> Le 7 nov. 2025 à 18:08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> a écrit :
>
> "Julia Evans" <julia@jvns•ca> writes:
>
>> ... I do not understand in what way this rephrasing helps the
>> reader, or how you think the current phrasing might cause confusion for the
>> reader.
>
> A branch (or any ref) does *not* *REFERENCE* an ID. They refer to
> objects by *recording* an ID. The distinction is not clear with
> your wording.
I concur with your later email that this is not worth delaying the rest of the document for.
My only other opinion on the matter is: what does making this distinction clear do to benefit readers of this document? I cannot come up with one, and I suspect Julia cannot either.
Clearly you feel strongly about it, though, given the shouty caps and “I have no more words” phrasing, which I find convey a tone that is… less than welcoming. Perhaps it’s simply time to move on? And someone motivated can propose improvements.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-09 0:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-03 17:34 [PATCH] doc: add a explanation of Git's data model Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-03 21:46 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-06 19:36 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-06 21:44 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-06 21:46 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-06 21:55 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-09 13:20 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-08 9:59 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-06 3:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-06 19:03 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-07 12:37 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-07 16:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-07 14:32 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-07 17:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-07 19:30 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-07 20:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-07 18:39 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-07 18:55 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-08 4:18 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-08 15:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-08 19:06 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH v2] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-10 11:51 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-13 14:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-14 5:45 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-14 9:18 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-14 11:45 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-14 13:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-14 21:12 ` [PATCH v3] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-15 6:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-15 15:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-15 17:20 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-15 20:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-16 14:21 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-15 19:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-16 15:19 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-16 16:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-16 18:59 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-16 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-16 15:24 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-20 16:37 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-20 18:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-27 19:32 ` [PATCH v4] doc: add an " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-27 21:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-28 20:10 ` Julia Evans
2025-10-28 20:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-30 20:32 ` [PATCH v5] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-31 14:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-03 7:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-11-03 15:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-03 19:43 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-04 1:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-04 15:45 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-04 20:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-04 21:24 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-04 23:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-05 0:02 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-05 3:21 ` Ben Knoble
2025-11-05 16:26 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-06 3:07 ` Ben Knoble
2025-10-31 21:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-03 7:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-11-03 19:52 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-07 19:52 ` [PATCH v6] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-11-07 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-07 21:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-07 21:40 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-07 23:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-08 19:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-09 0:48 ` Ben Knoble [this message]
2025-11-09 4:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-10 15:56 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-11 10:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-11 13:07 ` Ben Knoble
2025-11-11 15:24 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-12 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-12 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-13 19:50 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-13 20:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-13 20:18 ` Julia Evans
2025-11-13 20:34 ` Chris Torek
2025-11-13 23:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-12 19:53 ` [PATCH v7] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-11-12 20:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-23 2:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-01 8:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-02 12:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-09 14:20 ` [PATCH] doc: add a " Julia Evans
2025-10-10 0:42 ` Ben Knoble
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