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Re: git log -z doesn't separate commits with NULs

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 23, 2012, 20:07 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 04:48:43PM +0300, Nikolaj Shurkaev wrote:
>
> Doesn't:
>
>   git format-patch HEAD~3..HEAD SomePath
>
> do what you want? It is certainly designed to, and it seems to work for
> me.
It is not quite "designed to", though.

It happens to work that way, and I do not think we want to forbid its use, but we would want to discourage anybody from blindly using it without thinking if the end results suits his/her purpose (and the reason should be obvious to those who think, the hint is "log message").

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  1. Nikolaj ShurkaevFeb 23, 2012
  2. Luke DiamandFeb 23, 2012
  3. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2012
  4. Johannes SixtFeb 23, 2012
  5. Nikolaj ShurkaevFeb 23, 2012
  6. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2012
  7. Nikolaj ShurkaevFeb 23, 2012
  8. Jakub NarebskiFeb 23, 2012
  9. Nikolaj ShurkaevFeb 23, 2012
  10. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2012
  12. Nikolaj ShurkaevFeb 24, 2012
  13. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2012
  15. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2012
  17. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2012
  18. Nikolaj ShurkaevMar 3, 2012
  19. Jakub NarebskiFeb 24, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2012
  21. Andreas SchwabFeb 23, 2012
  22. Nikolaj ShurkaevFeb 23, 2012

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