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Re: Why do dates in refspecs require the reflog?

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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Dec 30, 2014, 21:49 UTC
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On 12/30/2014 09:55 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> 
>> There is yet a third similar question: "What is the last commit that is
>> currently on the master branch that was *authored* at least one year
>> ago? Please note that this question is even subtler, because author
>> timestamps are often out-of-order even on a single branch (whereas
>> commit timestamps are usually in order). I don't know of a simple git
>> command to answer this question.
> 
> --author-date-order?

Does --author-date-order cause --before/--after/--since/--until to use author dates rather than commit dates? The documentation doesn't mention that effect. If not, then it doesn't help much.

Michael
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  1. Robert DaileyDec 30, 2014
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  5. Michael HaggertyDec 30, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 30, 2014
  7. Robert DaileyDec 30, 2014
  8. Jeff KingDec 31, 2014
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