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Re: git log --author=me

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 2, 2015, 18:37 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Harry Jeffery <harry@exec64.co.uk> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I've written a patch that allows `me` to be used as shorthand for
> $(user.name) or $(user.email) in the `--author` and `--commiter` fields.
>
> The purpose being to make finding your own commits quicker and easier:
>     git log --author=me
>

It would be even cooler if it accepts mail aliases, then you can define "me" to your address and also have shortcuts to a few of your best friends. Though as Andreas pointed out --author is not a good fit because it accepts regex, and you can't use --mine either, so more work..

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Duy
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  1. Harry JefferyNov 2, 2015
  2. Andreas SchwabNov 2, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2015
  4. Matthieu MoyNov 2, 2015
  5. Duy NguyenNov 2, 2015
  6. Michael J GruberNov 3, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2015

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