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From: Elazar Leibovich <elazarl@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Supporting "-v" option for git-log
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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Tim Mazid <timmazid@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> git log --all --not --grep A --grep B
>>
>> Would mean find all commits without A and with B, in SQL "SELECT *
>> FROM COMMITS WHERE message NOT LIKE '%A%' AND message LIKE '%B%'".
>
> But how do you know which "--grep" the "--not" applies to? Does it have
> to go directly before the "--grep" option?

Exactly, just like the ! operator in C.

> Can it be a few options before
> as long is it's still before?

No, only directly before the --grep, like the ! operator.

> If you want to find commits not matching two
> patterns, do you have to do "--not --grep A --not --grep B"?

Yes, we can add a --negate-all option if you think it's usefull.

>
> I can see this as being a possible source of confusion; people doing
> "--not grep A --grep B" and expecting it to mean NOT A AND NOT B.

You can add another option --negate which negates everything. But this
is a price to pay for being extra expressive.