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Why does "git log --reverse -1" print the HEAD commit?

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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
May 31, 2008, 14:11 UTC
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<20080531141102.GA3035@mithlond.arda.local>

It feels wrong that "git log -1" and "git log --reverse -1" both print the same commit: HEAD. Why is that?

Since "git log --reverse" starts from the bottom I'd have expected "-1" to print one commit from the bottom.

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