rev-list --parents --full-history + path: something's fishy

This script creates this history:

    C--M
   /  /
  A--B

Commits A and B modify file a.

git init echo a > a git add a git commit -m A echo 1 > a git commit -m B -a git checkout -b side master~1 echo b > b git add b git commit -m C git merge master

At this point, this command returns the expected output (SHA1s rewritten to A,B,C,M as above):

$ git rev-list --full-history HEAD -- a B A

but this does not:

$ git rev-list --full-history --parents HEAD -- a M A B B A A

Of course, I'd expected to see this:

$ git rev-list --full-history --parents HEAD -- a B A A

Just as a heads-up, I've also seen a case (in David's repository) where a

git rev-list --full-history --parents --reverse HEAD -- some/path

incorrectly prints a commit somewhere in the middle *without* a parent where it definitely should have printed a parent. I don't have a repeatable small test-case, yet.

-- Hannes