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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] status&commit: Teach them to show submodule commit summary
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:51:23 +0100
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Ping Yin schrieb:
> On Nov 13, 2007 12:13 AM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>>> There is already 'status.color', I suggest the configuration to become
>>> 'status.submoduleSummary'.
>> You could make this variable even a numeric one.  Saying how many lines
>> you want to have maximally (-1 meaning unlimited).
> Good idea.
> However, there is a problem about limiting the lines of commit
> summary: if there are 50 backwards and 50 forwards, and summary lines
> are limited to 50 lines. How to display? 25 backwards, 25 forwards or
> only 50 backwards?

Just use git log --left-right --topo-order, then you can easily insert -$n, 
and git-log will decide where it cuts off the lists.

However, --left-right won't reverse one of the list, like you did.

-- Hannes