From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:24:28 GMT
Subject: Re: How can I easily verify my diffs are in parent branch?
Message-ID: <7vwt0rqftv.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <87y7l7tc4j.fsf@morpheus.local>

David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>
>> I think we should be able to use --left-right and ... operator
>> to express what the above cherry does with something like:
>>
>>     $ git log --left-right --ignore-common-patch cvs-upstream...my-branch
>
> --left-right is not documented, so I think it's hard for people (for
> me at least) to follow your reasoning.
>
> Would it be to much to ask for to want to have all options have some
> kind of documentation?

Not at all.  I often wish that ;-)

> As in not accepting patches for new options
> that don't include documentation?
>
> "git log -Sleft-right" will actually give me the documentation I want,
> since the docs are written but only put in the commit message.

Fair enough.  Perhaps the list can help out ;-).