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Re: [PATCH] blame: add a range option to -L

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BPBill Pemberton <wfp5p@viridian.itc.virginia.edu>
Date
May 3, 2010, 13:22 UTC
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Junio C Hamano writes:
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> I am not interested in this patch very much myself, and after thinking
> about it, I think my dislike largely comes from this syntax, and not from
> the feature itself.  Any non-punctuation letter there looks like a sore
> thumb.  Either "-L 20??15" or even "-L 20+/-5" would have looked a _lo=
> t_
> saner.
>

Ok, I've never been thrilled with the r either, but I couldn't come up with anything better and I had assumed that you'd want to stick with the <start>,<end> syntax.

-- 
Bill
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  1. blame: add a range option to -LBill Pemberton, Apr 30, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederMay 2, 2010
  3. Michael WittenMay 2, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010
  5. Bill PembertonMay 3, 2010
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