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Re: reflog/show question

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 28, 2008, 09:24 UTC
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<20080428092410.GD16153@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:29:17AM +0930, Geoff Russell wrote:
Show 13 quoted lines
>      git show HEAD@{"3 minutes ago"}
> 
> works as I expect, but
> 
>      git show HEAD@{"3 minutes ago"}:data/node/node.data
> 
> gives me a message:
> 
>        warning: Log for 'HEAD' only goes back to Mon, 28 Apr 2008
> 10:18:37 +0930.
>
> [...]
> I'm using 1.5.4.rc4

I can't reproduce here, using the current master or v1.5.4-rc4. If I have a matching reflog, both work. And if I choose a much older time (say, "1.year.ago"), then both fail. What are the entries in your reflog (.git/logs/HEAD)?

-Peff
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