From: Eric Raible <raible@nextest.com>
To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFH: unexpected reflog behavior with --since=
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:18:39 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EBC157F.7040601@nextest.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <buok4785j8v.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com>
On 11/10/2011 3:06 AM, Miles Bader wrote:
> I think there's already confusion in this area, e.g., with @{...} using
> reflog dates, but "git log --since" using commit dates. This can be an
> easy trap to fall into because _often_ the two have similar granularity
> (when you're mostly pushing changes), but not _always_ (when you pull a
> big batch of changes).
>
> Soooo, being really really explicit about using reflog dates vs. commit
> dates -- and e.g., having option names like "--since" _always_ refer to
> commit dates -- would be a good thing, I think...
>
> -Miles
Surely you agree that my original example shows that the current behavior
is confusing, yes?
So you're advocating --reflog-since (or some such)?
Or to disable the early --since early exit when walking the reflog?
Or for something else?
- Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-10 18:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-09 0:22 RFH: unexpected reflog behavior with --since= Eric Raible
2011-11-09 22:01 ` Jeff King
2011-11-09 22:20 ` Jeff King
2011-11-09 22:26 ` Jeff King
2011-11-10 8:04 ` Eric Raible
2011-11-10 8:08 ` Jeff King
2011-11-10 8:20 ` Eric Raible
2011-11-10 8:31 ` Jay Soffian
2011-11-10 11:06 ` Miles Bader
2011-11-10 18:18 ` Eric Raible [this message]
2011-11-12 6:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-10 7:48 ` Eric Raible
2011-11-10 7:59 ` Jeff King
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