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Re: Patterns work unexpectedly with "git log" commit limiting

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Jul 17, 2008, 08:59 UTC
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<20080717085903.GR32184@machine.or.cz>
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<20080717074706.GA5392@mithlond.arda.local>
  Hi,
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:47:06AM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote:
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>  3. What is the supposed behaviour of -F (--fixed-strings) when combined
>     with --author= ?
> 
> 	--author=pattern -F
> 
>     doesn't seem to match anything. I also tried putting the entire raw
>     author field (i.e. including the raw date) but no match. With -F
>     before the --author= it behaves like no -F at all.
> 
>     "--grep=fixedstring -F" seems to work, though.
  this is actually very high on my TODO list, since it makes
author/committer search in gitweb disfunctional. I plan to post a patch
fixing this in a few days, unless someone beats me to it as usual. ;-)
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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  1. Teemu LikonenJul 17, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2008
  3. Petr BaudisJul 17, 2008

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