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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Eric Raible <raible@nextest.com>,
	"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFH: unexpected reflog behavior with --since=
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:06:56 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <buok4785j8v.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111110080851.GA28342@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> The only point would be to leave "--since" to act on the commit
> timestamps, so that you don't have to resort to the external grepping I
> mentioned above. However, I'm not convinced anybody even cares about
> that use case.
>
> I think the behavior you want is much more sensible.

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

-- 
Future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends
are true and our happiness is assured.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-11-10 11:07 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 [this message]
2011-11-10 18:18           ` Eric Raible
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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