Re: git-log bug: --grep and -number args are at odds

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 13, 2018, 21:57 UTC
Message-ID: <871sgnfxku.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+KyZp6QZ4BmOtLFiByjmZ4NsZyDBFsqme64aT5ER-QpgD49pg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 13 2018, Alexander Mills jotted:

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> $ git log -50   ###  I get 50 results
>
> $ git log -50 --grep="*"   ### I get a lot more than 50...
>
> shouldn't `-50` minimize the results length to 50 or fewer?

On what git version? On my 2.16.2.804.g6dcf76e118 on git.git this works as expected:

    $ git -c grep.patternType=basic log --oneline -50 --grep="*" |wc -l
    50
    $ git -c grep.patternType=basic log --oneline -50 | wc -l
    50