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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Alexander Mills <alexander.d.mills@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git-log bug: --grep and -number args are at odds
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:57:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871sgnfxku.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+KyZp6QZ4BmOtLFiByjmZ4NsZyDBFsqme64aT5ER-QpgD49pg@mail.gmail.com>


On Tue, Mar 13 2018, Alexander Mills jotted:

> $ git log -50   ###  I get 50 results
>
> $ git log -50 --grep="*"   ### I get a lot more than 50...
>
> shouldn't `-50` minimize the results length to 50 or fewer?

On what git version? On my 2.16.2.804.g6dcf76e118 on git.git this works
as expected:

    $ git -c grep.patternType=basic log --oneline -50 --grep="*" |wc -l
    50
    $ git -c grep.patternType=basic log --oneline -50 | wc -l
    50

      reply	other threads:[~2018-03-13 21:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-13 21:42 git-log bug: --grep and -number args are at odds Alexander Mills
2018-03-13 21:57 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]

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