From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 03:05:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow pickaxe to be used via git log.
Message-ID: <7vk68ilnoi.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <BAYC1-PASMTP07581788E7BAAC19B2A159AEA70@CEZ.ICE>

Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> writes:

> Is there any place that depends on the ability to specify both a pickaxe
> string _and_ always_show_header?  If not, it's hard to see how this patch
> could break anything.

User's scripts.  The point is the set of arguments rev-list as
the lowest level machinery should not be modified by an
arbitrary policy decision that happens to suit "git log" usage.