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[PATCH] forbid log --graph --no-walk

From
epilys <epilys@norn.io>
Date
Mar 14, 2015, 21:35 UTC
Message-ID
<5504A9BB.2040103@norn.io>

In git-log, --graph shows a graphical representation of a continuous commit history, and --no-walk shows discrete specified commits without continuity. This doesn't make sense, so we forbid the combined use of these flags.

Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <epilys@norn.io>
---
 builtin/log.c  | 2 ++
 t/t4202-log.sh | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index dd8f3fc..0194133 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ static void cmd_log_init_finish(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	memset(&w, 0, sizeof(w));
 	userformat_find_requirements(NULL, &w);
 
+    if (rev->graph && rev->no_walk)
+        die("--graph and --no-walk are incompatible");
 	if (!rev->show_notes_given && (!rev->pretty_given || w.notes))
 		rev->show_notes = 1;
 	if (rev->show_notes)
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index 5f2b290..4dd939b 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -887,4 +887,8 @@ test_expect_success GPG 'log --graph --show-signature for merged tag' '
 	grep "^| | gpg: Good signature" actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'forbid log --graph --no-walk' '
+    test_must_fail git log --graph --no-walk
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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