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Junio C Hamano wrote (2008-09-04 12:34 -0700):

> One related thing I suspect many people haven't realized is that "git
> log" can use "--all-match".

> I've been wondering if we want to make --all-match the default for
> revision traversal family (i.e. "git log"), as I suspect it would
> match people's expectations more naturally, even though it is
> a backward incompatible change.  It is backward incompatible only
> because the original implementation was stupid ;-).

You can count my vote for making --all-match the default, at least for
"git log". My logic says that adding more commit-limiting options to
command line would limit commits more.

Anyway, thanks for hint. I see --all-match is not a new feature (70d0afb
2006-09-27).