From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C5D520986 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:52:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934858AbcI1Bwu (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:52:50 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-f65.google.com ([209.85.214.65]:34000 "EHLO mail-it0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933460AbcI1Bws (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:52:48 -0400 Received: by mail-it0-f65.google.com with SMTP id j69so1919334itb.1 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:52:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ctFUHUuRuG97+LvEy/uQd7aXRwfT7aNlBaFxhEWT0+M=; b=McQ/7Ju0gBh709ctsR8A0RW0dlkmunqZTvrLqsr8cclK5THOVANGHPW8u6cHoxtl3J Wro6SsQBQ6vyPlj4Y8DY5+k+XIpU0SJWB0SICDkFDO0rNtvOGanZl3qt8G/cIawRqfMs V/qCMY5rGeUoqjpqY+RUdmV6/yvhUTjOr1RqN6qITeNV7G7KA3OMfrAaKypAiJL7fWFc SJIto0pARiwPTfEHErhE4Gu+lHZO3xUyifLt/kgWvgaF80EzjkxZsGD00AdUgKNvpD79 Up5AjFygcEQFU35zqrkYGRGCWxAsE9nOyjcdFOGfDi0SRxUQU4EGHH8lay6DUsSsejct KlRg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ctFUHUuRuG97+LvEy/uQd7aXRwfT7aNlBaFxhEWT0+M=; b=d7ZuFQbartR1yib8PFOebxFTgd6QfdygDo2647DhQRVBRQOcMN6IkN2w82buZjUWm6 SWuasnJn52eVFWd/pyKoMEOlaOWxlCHl63EieQ3ig6JXuGOO19fEQYYFhRtBDe9HtQmt tNWJBPzO2tbv06+mnXgC2wIwKGxcGaK4myWwSgjfgPR459n03D5m+xqvOO0H7/oLjGFv VLQv4TvVah4OIEPT6fapNX9z3Qvphus7t2l1oaTgk2obIZ6LfRYIxnSgQ0+L6zLGHFpr /tPoKtzhvFMwQayiE+OMf8WBKjujpRIh8La/IWkRkxPTezDWg7L5onYa1I2lBhD4Wqat d9kg== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RnwVRGWXJdwm50xa2rUQxG7/lrxTupnV/rQH/hOnTzYiPx3amVBqZ8t/y4EHIzXFsmklMzbNaEqd80K4g== X-Received: by 10.36.67.2 with SMTP id s2mr428149itb.50.1475027567889; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:52:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.27.131 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:52:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <010201576bfb6c7d-0b68228f-9503-4dd1-9721-713477fa2596-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> <010201576d63f422-abe45938-0da1-4fc0-b0e7-3e552b59d10a-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> From: Pranit Bauva Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:22:47 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Philip Oakley , Git List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hey Junio, On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:42 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Philip Oakley" writes: > >> micro-nit: 'first' and 'last' can be tricky to distinguish for lists... > > Let's do this then. > > -- >8 -- > From: Pranit Bauva > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:44:09 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse > > Users often wonder if the oldest or the newest n commits are shown > by `log -n --reverse`. Clarify that --reverse kicks in only after > deciding which commits are to be shown to unconfuse them. > > Reported-by: Ruediger Meier > Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano > --- Looks good! Thanks! > Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt > index 4f009d4..f8946d4 100644 > --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt > +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt > @@ -638,8 +638,9 @@ avoid showing the commits from two parallel development track mixed > together. > > --reverse:: > - Output the commits in reverse order. > - Cannot be combined with `--walk-reflogs`. > + Output the commits chosen to be shown (see Commit Limiting > + section above) in reverse order. Cannot be combined with > + `--walk-reflogs`. > > Object Traversal > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- > 2.10.0-561-g98a6b79 >