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From: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] revert: allow cherry-picking more than one commit
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 06:18:26 +0200
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Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>,
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To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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On Thursday 03 June 2010 01:37:20 Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> > As a side effect, this unfortunately changes the meaning of
> > =E2=80=98git log --oneline --decorate --no-walk -5 --all=E2=80=99: =
instead of listing
> > five refs, after this patch that command would list the five most
> > recent commits.
>=20
> It indeed is a change in behaviour, but in this case it is probably n=
ot
> such a big deal.
>
> The order "--all" (or "--branches" for that matter) lists refs doesn'=
t
> have any logical relationship with the order of importance from the e=
nd
> user's point of view (they're just alphabetical), and asking for "fir=
st
> five" won't make much sense unless you are learning or testing the
> combinations of options, i.e. not in real life, I think.

I agree and I think Jonathan's patch would be nice to have.

Thanks both,
Christian.