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Re: --max-count useless with git-rev-list's --reverse

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Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
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Mar 8, 2011, 07:35 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:17, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From the manpage:
>
> No. Its applied after, otherwise things like "git log -n 5 --reverse"

I think I was surprised the first time I tried to combine those options as well, but in retrospect the reason is obvious. Nonetheless, I think this has come up on the list a few time, so... Ævar, would you mind submitting a documentation patch?

j.
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Message 3 of 14 in “--max-count useless with git-rev-list's --reverse”
  1. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 7, 2011
  2. Shawn PearceMar 7, 2011
  3. Jay SoffianMar 8, 2011
  4. Michael J GruberMar 8, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberMar 8, 2011
  6. 1/3 rev-list-options.txt: typo fixMichael J Gruber, Mar 8, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2011
  8. Michael J GruberMar 9, 2011
  9. 2/3 git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limitingMichael J Gruber, Mar 8, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2011
  11. Michael J GruberMar 9, 2011
  12. 3/3 git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: put option blocks in proper orderMichael J Gruber, Mar 8, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2011
  14. Michael J GruberMar 10, 2011

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