Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [git-pull -tip] x86: include inverse Xmas tree patches | From | Jaswinder Singh Rajput <> | Date | Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:27:30 +0530 |
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On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 15:25 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > Ordering include based on length of line minimize the > > risk of merge conflicts. > > If people just add new includes in the bottom of the list you > > are certain that a merge conflit happens. > > > > This scheme is starting to be used in several places with the > > primary advocates being David Miller and Ingo. > > > > It is getting used both for includes _and_ for local variables. > > > > Personally I'd prefer alphabetic order, sorting based on length isn't a > complete ordering. Nearly all editors can sort alphabetically at the > push of a key. >
This sorting is based on Length + alphabetic.
-- JSR
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