From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:19:33 GMT
Subject: Re: A bug or a feature (git diff --author + --grep)
Message-ID: <20091004131933.GA32000@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <4AC87837.2010004@obry.net>

On 2009.10.04 12:25:59 +0200, Pascal Obry wrote:
> 
> I would have expected the --author and --grep option to work as
> pipeline filters. The first on the command line being applied first.
> 
> In other word I would have expected:
> 
>    --author AND --grep
> 
> But it turn out that the result are maching either --author or --grep:
> 
>    --author OR --grep
> 
> For example on the Git project:
> 
>    $ git log --author=obry --grep=Cygwin
> 
> Returns commit from obry and commit having Cygwin in their log.
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature?

Feature. There's --all-match to switch on AND-mode.

Björn