Re: pgsql: git_topo_order script, to match up commits across branches.

Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of vie sep 24 17:36:59 -0400 2010:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Sep 24, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> >> BTW ... I don't especially care for the name you picked for this script.
> >> The fact that it does a topological sort is an implementation detail
> >> that its users couldn't care less about, especially since that doesn't
> >> matter except for corner cases.  How about "collate_git_log" or
> >> something along it.
>
> > I don't think that's any better - collate could mean anything - but I don't think it's any worse, either.  Change
itif you want. 
>
> Well, I definitely think that the name should suggest a connection to
> "git log".  I agree that "collate" might not be the best possible verb
> here --- anyone have a better suggestion?

How about something content-free like "pg_git_log"?

--
Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support