Re: [PATCH] revision: add --maximal option

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Jan 19, 2026, 19:05 UTC
Message-ID: <156396e7-7efe-4ed0-a217-c8c2539d9dcb@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <3fab80c8-f602-44d5-8e7d-436982a5e3a8@gmail.com>

Am 19.01.26 um 17:44 schrieb Derrick Stolee:

> When the argument is moved in the documentation into the set of
> filters, then the fact that --maximal restricts the set of commits
> makes any modifier such as "only" redundant.

Keep in mind that rev-list arguments are also understood by git-log. Then one could expect --maximal to be somehow the opposite of --minimal. (Which is badly named for the same reason, but that ship has sailed.)

-- Hannes