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Subject: Re: Config variables and scripting // was Re: [RFC/PATCH] log: add log.firstparent option
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I am sympathetic, though. There are some things that git-log can do that
> rev-list cannot, so people end up using it in scripts. I think you can
> avoid it with a "rev-list | diff-tree" pipeline, though I'm not 100%
> sure if that covers all cases. But I would much rather see a solution
> along the lines of making the plumbing cover more cases, rather than
> trying to make the porcelain behave in a script.

Very well said.