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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
Sep 5, 2008, 12:35 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote (2008-09-04 12:34 -0700):
> One related thing I suspect many people haven't realized is that "git
> log" can use "--all-match".
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> I've been wondering if we want to make --all-match the default for
> revision traversal family (i.e. "git log"), as I suspect it would
> match people's expectations more naturally, even though it is
> a backward incompatible change.  It is backward incompatible only
> because the original implementation was stupid ;-).

You can count my vote for making --all-match the default, at least for "git log". My logic says that adding more commit-limiting options to command line would limit commits more.

Anyway, thanks for hint. I see --all-match is not a new feature (70d0afb 2006-09-27).

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Message 11 of 13 in “git rev-list --author/--committer b0rked with -F/--fixed-strings”
  1. Giuseppe BilottaSep 4, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2008
  3. Teach "log -F --author=<match>" to behave betterJunio C Hamano, Sep 4, 2008
  4. Teemu LikonenSep 4, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2008
  6. Teemu LikonenSep 4, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2008
  8. Giuseppe BilottaSep 4, 2008
  9. Petr BaudisSep 4, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2008
  11. --all-matchTeemu Likonen, Sep 5, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2008
  13. Giuseppe BilottaSep 4, 2008

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