Re: "gitk --author=foo" shows also parent

From: Nikolai Kosjar <nikolai.kosjar@qt.io>
Date: Apr 26, 2016, 16:12 UTC
Message-ID: <571F9380.4070006@qt.io>
In-Reply-To: <CANoM8SXn0CgUqQU3vmH-kwuxiDfC1=4FCh1SUsYuOOv4fQtWpw@mail.gmail.com>

On 04/26/2016 04:06 PM, Mike Rappazzo wrote:

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> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Nikolai Kosjar <nikolai.kosjar@qt.io> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>>          $ gitk --author=foo
>>
>> ...seems to show also the parent of each author-matched commit, whereas
>>
>>          $ git log --author=foo
>>
>> does not. Is this intended or a bug? I've stumbled over this while
>> configuring a gitk view with the author field.
>
> I believe that this is intentional.  Notice that the parent commit's
> circle is just outlined
> compared to the selected authored commits are filled.  I consider this
> the context
> of the commits you are looking at.

Hmm, then I'm not interested in the context since it's too noisy. Is there any way to suppress this?

Nikolai