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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix git rev-list --reverse --max-count=N
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:17:11 +0100
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Heya,

> So when you have this history (A is oldest, D is newest):
>
> =A0 A--B--C--D
>
> and you say
>
> =A0 git log --max-count=3D2 --reverse D
>
> then you want
>
> =A0 A
> =A0 B
>
> but I want
>
> =A0 C
> =A0 D
>

And the current behavior is

B
A

Isn't it? I agree btw, that C D is the 'correct' result.

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier