[PATCH] rev-list-options: clarify the usage of -n/--max-number
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Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
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- Sep 27, 2016, 14:10 UTC
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-n=<number>, -<number>, --max-number=<number> shows the last n commits specified in <number> irrespective of whether --reverse is used or not. With --reverse, it just shows the last n commits in reverse order.
Reported-by: Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
--- Hey Ruegiger,
The description is a bit inappropriate for --max-count and thus this patch.
I cannot comment whether --max-count=-n would be a good choice or not because personally I never left the need of it. I normally use --reverse so as to review my patches in a branch serially. So for me the current usage of --reverse seems more appropriate. --- Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 7e462d3..6b7c2e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ordering and formatting options, such as `--reverse`. -<number>:: -n <number>:: --max-count=<number>:: - Limit the number of commits to output. + Limit to last n number of commits to output specified in <number>. --skip=<number>:: Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output. -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/296