Re: [Audacity-devel] How to locate a commit?

[Peter S. <pet...@gm...>]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:13 PM John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:

> Well, that just shows how often I use sync-lock. 😉
>
>
I used it a LOT when transcribing my vinyl - to keep the labels in the
label track
in sync with edits I made in the audio track - very useful it was.


Can they be switched ?
>

I'm not sure what you mean but I'm guessing no anyway 😉

Peter.



> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:15 AM Peter Sampson <
> pet...@gm...> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 12:27 PM John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>>   Before you do, also add "Move (or extend) the Select button over to
>>> the right."
>>>
>>
>> You can't do that John - because that little square to the right is the
>> real-estate
>> for the Sync-Lock icon.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>> Peter.
>>
>>
>>
>>> - John
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 6:56 AM John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Poke,
>>>>
>>>>    That is what I was looking for....
>>>>
>>>> - John
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 3:02 PM Pokechu22 <
>>>> pok...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The fastest way to locate a commit is to use git bisect, as it
>>>>> requires you to check a logarithmic number of commits (so for 1000 commits,
>>>>> you only need to check 10 or so of them).  It can be a bit complicated to
>>>>> get started with, but https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect-lk2009 is a
>>>>> pretty helpful guide.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Poke
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:55 AM John Colket <jc...@gm...>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> James,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to say that I'm glad you asked that question ☺ - but
>>>>>> actually I'm not. 😉
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well anyway, since you asked, some users have ended up unknowingly
>>>>>> screwing up their project by accidentally bumping the track and/or pan
>>>>>> controls whilst editing their projects.  So I have been looking into this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter has written up a proposal to address this issue.  I am sure you
>>>>>> are aware of it.  See here:
>>>>>> https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Proposal_Locking_and/or_Hiding_Pan_and_Gain_sliders
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally, I believe most of the suggestions are overkill, with the
>>>>>> exceptions of the Visual Cues; I have written up my own thoughts on the
>>>>>> adjoining Discussion page for that proposal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But here is what I was trying to look into.  There was a very, very
>>>>>> subtle change between 2.4.2, and 3.0.0, that perhaps has gone unnoticed.
>>>>>> That is when the cursor is drawn off of the Pan slider in a downward
>>>>>> direction, that the highlight on its control remains. This in my view is a
>>>>>> regression on 2.4.2, makes the visual cues just a little bit poorer, and
>>>>>> makes the whole issue just a teensy bit harder to tackle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - John
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 12:40 PM James Crook <jam...@gm...>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the artifacts are expired, you only have FossHub old audacity,
>>>>>>> https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity-devel-old.html for prebuilts.  So
>>>>>>> you're back to building them yourself - if they were not changes around
>>>>>>> release candidate time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which behaviour change are you hoping to track down?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --James.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 17:05, John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> James,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would like to search for an unknown commit that changed a certain
>>>>>>>> behavior between 2.4.2 and 3.0.0.  So the Artifacts are by now
>>>>>>>> well-expired.  Is there any way to travel in the "way back machine" so I
>>>>>>>> can do a binary search ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - John
>>>>>>>>
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