How often do you browse git logs? I see others also mentioning using git logs, but I really myself have not used it very often except maybe in some very edge cases and it is hard for me to imagine when it might be useful.
I think this might be one of those cases where improving the ergonomics of it greatly affects this sort of thing.
I use magit[1] on emacs and I can pull up logs with 1-2 actions, and when used with a split-pane setup, navigating the logs on one pane (with keyboard-based navigation) instantly displays the commit (message and diffs) on the other pane.
So I browse logs on an almost daily basis---not just of my colleagues' commits when I'm trying to familiarize myself with what's moved in the meantime, but also my own commits.
Interesting comment!
If one doesn't use the history part of revision control, why bother with revision control at all? Serious question.
One could just do backups and skip the overhead of revision control.
To me the whole point of revision control is to examine who did what when and why.
