Thread: [Gitstat-devel] GitStat- does diffmanager tab have problems with large changesets?

Hi there-
hope you developers don't mind a (potential) end-users question:
just discovered gitstat, and am really interested in the diff
viewing/reporting feature.

I do QA on code releases, and am looking for a tool that will highlight
what's changed at a directory/file level, and then let me see the individual
changes.  GitStat is the first tool I've found that shows differences at the
file hierarchy level.  I'm thinking I could create a git repo, and check in
each release, so that I can use gitstat.  There are likely to be large
changes between checkins.

Everything looks good until (using
http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/diff-index.php as a reference) I
choose two points that would have a big delta- e.g. two releases of the
linux kernel (e.g. v2.6.27 to v2.6.26)- then I get nothing.

If I try to compare to rc's, it looks pretty good.
Arg, think I just found a bug- if a directory has a single file change, you
get the diff but not the filename itself.  If a directory has multiple files
with changes, you get the filenames, which you can then click on to see the
diff.

Are these bugs?

Is this an abuse of gitstat? :-) If so, can anyone suggest an alternate
tool?

Thanks in advance,

Julian

Julian Rendell wrote:
> Hi there-
> hope you developers don't mind a (potential) end-users question:
> just discovered gitstat, and am really interested in the diff 
> viewing/reporting feature.

Hi Julian,

I think this is the first ever email I saw coming from a non developer. (Judging 
by the number of downloads gitstat is gaining popularity). I don't mind to have 
the occasional end user question just to keep us aware that people are actually 
using it (and care).

> 
> I do QA on code releases, and am looking for a tool that will highlight 
> what's changed at a directory/file level, and then let me see the 
> individual changes.  GitStat is the first tool I've found that shows 
> differences at the file hierarchy level.  I'm thinking I could create a 
> git repo, and check in each release, so that I can use gitstat.  There 
> are likely to be large changes between checkins.
> 
> Everything looks good until (using 
> http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/diff-index.php as a reference) I 
> choose two points that would have a big delta- e.g. two releases of the 
> linux kernel (e.g. v2.6.27 to v2.6.26)- then I get nothing.

I just checked on mirror.celinuxform.org and see your problem. Could you, in the 
meanwhile, open a bug report for this ? 
(http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=202992&atid=983802)

> 
> If I try to compare to rc's, it looks pretty good.
> Arg, think I just found a bug- if a directory has a single file change, 
> you get the diff but not the filename itself.  If a directory has 
> multiple files with changes, you get the filenames, which you can then 
> click on to see the diff.

I will check this on my own system and see where the potential problem is. Do 
you use the CVS version of gitstat or a regular release?

> 
> Are these bugs?
> 
> Is this an abuse of gitstat? :-) If so, can anyone suggest an alternate 
> tool?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Julian
> 
> 

Cheers,

Paul.