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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 20:08:26 +0200
From: Rene Kita <mail@rkta.de>
To: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git log alias with --all and --exclude
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On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 06:49:12PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 04.09.24 um 11:06 schrieb Rene Kita:
> > I have an alias
> > 'gr = log --oneline --abbrev-commit --all --graph --decorate --color'
> > and I would like to be able to sometimes exclude a branch, so call it
> > with:
> > $ git gr --exclude=pattern
> > 
> > This does not work, though. Also does not work without the alias and
> > typing the complete command by hand. Apparently the --exclude must be
> > put before the --all to take effect.
> 
> That is very much by design, so that you can express "branches except
> the wip and preview branches and remotes except those from the remote
> archive" with
> 
> --exclude=wip/* --exclude=preview* --branches --exclude=archive/* --remotes
> 
> These collective branch options --branches, --remotes, and --all clear
> the exclude patterns after having them applied. Therefore, in this example,
> the first two --exclude do not affect --remotes.

OK, certainly not the answer I hoped for, but something I still
expected. Thanks for the explanation.

> -- Hannes
>