From: Teemu Likonen Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:02 GMT Subject: Why does "git log --reverse -1" print the HEAD commit? Message-ID: <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.