From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:13:53 GMT
Subject: Re: Filter log based on paths NOT touched
Message-ID: <CACsJy8DR-ckmZ8Ey9Gh1fhv17_+mRPmeLdj_7LoCnvc9fnnpTg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqeh64xlqw.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com> writes:
>
>> I can't seem to find a way to invert the meaning of a pathspec given
>> to git log in order to find commits touching anything BUT a given
>> path.  Does such a thing exist?
>
> Not yet (look for "negative pathspec").

There's a difference between "skip commits that touch anything
directory foo even if it also touches something outside of foo" and
"skip commits that _only_ touches something in foo". Not sure which
way Phillip wants here. Negative pathspec only supports the latter.
The former needs a new option in rev-list, because the logic to
consider a commit not a match if it matches a pathspec is out of
tree_entry_interesting()'s control.
-- 
Duy