Re: git rev-list --no-walk RANGE not working as documented

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Oct 1, 2024, 15:04 UTC
Message-ID: <7fddacf9-55f6-4520-a288-279d3784badb@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <24417-1676937251-531825@sneakemail.com>

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, at 00:54, squeaky wrote:

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> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
>
> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
>
> git rev-list HERE..THERE --no-walk
>
> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
>
> Show the commits between HERE and THERE.
>
> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
>
> Only THERE is shown.
>
> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
>
> The documentation for --no-walk says, "This has no effect if a range is
> specified."
> Since HERE..THERE is a range, --no-walk should have no effect. This
> isn't working as documented.
>
> Anything else you want to add:
>
> Please review the rest of the bug report below.
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> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.39.2.501.gd9d677b2d8
> cpu: x86_64
> built from commit: d9d677b2d8cc5f70499db04e633ba7a400f64cbf
> sizeof-long: 8
> sizeof-size_t: 8
> shell-path: /bin/sh
> uname: Linux 6.1.6-200.fc37.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Jan 14
> 16:55:06 UTC 2023 x86_64
> compiler info: gnuc: 12.2
> libc info: glibc: 2.36
> $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash
>
>
> [Enabled Hooks]
> [root@xps git]

Hi, I get different results based on the order:

    git rev-list HERE..THERE --no-walk

This (like you say) only outputs “there”.

But this one outputs several:

    git rev-list --no-walk HERE..THERE

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Kristoffer Haugsbakk