From: Michael J Gruber Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:34:52 GMT Subject: Re: --max-count useless with git-rev-list's --reverse Message-ID: <4D75EA2C.9010200@drmicha.warpmail.net> In-Reply-To: Jay Soffian venit, vidit, dixit 08.03.2011 08:35: > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Shawn Pearce wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:17, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: >>> From the manpage: >> >> No. Its applied after, otherwise things like "git log -n 5 --reverse" > > I think I was surprised the first time I tried to combine those > options as well, but in retrospect the reason is obvious. Nonetheless, > I think this has come up on the list a few time, so... Ævar, would you > mind submitting a documentation patch? Due to gmane lag, I replied to AAB's post only, but I bet you'll find the patches. Cheers, Michael