Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/git-log: mention that line-log regex must match in starting revision

From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 17, 2019, 15:34 UTC
Message-ID: <1d033204-80fd-25f8-3a80-0cb641953139@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4ea4eeae0c1e23221012855168bf6640be93fd4f.1576559263.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On 12/17/2019 12:07 AM, Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
> 
> When giving a regex as parameter <start> or <end> in
> `git log -L <start>,<end>:<file>`, or a function name in
> `git log -L :<funcname>:<file>`, the given regex must match in the starting
> revision, or else the command exits with a fatal error.
> 
> This is not obvious in the documentation, so add a note to that
> effect.

This seems helpful. Thanks.

-Stolee