From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:16:58 GMT
Subject: Re: git log -z doesn't separate commits with NULs
Message-ID: <20120224211658.GA30922@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vk43cx7c2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 01:14:05PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > True. That is also a slightly dangerous thing to do, though, because you
> > are omitting full patches in the middle that touch the same paths as the
> > patches you include....
> > ... So
> > perhaps we are better off to refer the user to git-log(1), say that
> > commit limiting options in general would work, but be careful with
> > sending a partial result.
> 
> You seem to have spelled out everything I originally wrote in my reply
> that I later deleted before sending it out, and I think the reason that
> brought you to the three-line conclusion is the same one that made me I
> delete them ;-).

OK, good. :)

Nikolaj, have you followed all of this? Do you want to try to improve
your patch in this direction?

-Peff