Re: [PATCH 5/8] revert: allow cherry-picking more than one commit

> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> > As a side effect, this unfortunately changes the meaning of
> > ‘git log --oneline --decorate --no-walk -5 --all’: instead of listing
> > five refs, after this patch that command would list the five most
> > recent commits.
> 
> It indeed is a change in behaviour, but in this case it is probably not
> such a big deal.
>
> The order "--all" (or "--branches" for that matter) lists refs doesn't
> have any logical relationship with the order of importance from the end
> user's point of view (they're just alphabetical), and asking for "first
> five" won't make much sense unless you are learning or testing the
> combinations of options, i.e. not in real life, I think.