From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:50:41 GMT
Subject: Re: Suggestion: make --left-right work with --merge
Message-ID: <7v1w6yqaim.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <18373.58839.636432.448970@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>

Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> writes:

> Another thing: I have noticed that git rev-parse --revs-only doesn't
> pass the --merge and --left-right flags through, even though the help
> for git rev-parse says that --revs-only means "Do not output flags and
> parameters not meant for git-rev-list" (which I assume means the same
> as "Only output flags and parameters meant for git rev-list"), and git
> rev-list accepts and uses the --merge and --left-right flags.  I
> assume this is just an oversight in git rev-parse.

Yeah, the option list is not maintained well for the last few
years and needs to be updated.