Re: Bug: git log -L manpage claims regexes are supported, but they are not

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Dec 4, 2020, 02:54 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cT-Tf2ray+j9b45vz-qoiSZ4MkTyGVDr6PRJCXsvbx0=Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <147444de-7653-d067-596a-9448ae6b8cac@heath.cc>

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 9:50 PM Daniel <daniel@heath.cc> wrote:

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>    $ git log -L ^/bootstrap-sass/,+2 Gemfile
> fatal: -L argument not 'start,end:file' or ':funcname:file':
> ^/bootstrap-sass/,+2
>
> $ git help log
>         -L <start>,<end>:<file>, -L :<funcname>:<file>

You're missing the colon between <end> and <file> in your example. It should be:

    $ git log -L ^/bootstrap-sass/,+2:Gemfile