From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:11:00 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rev-list: make --max- and --min-age a bit more usable.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0511021908220.27915@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vbr12swj3.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > 	git-whatchanged -p --pretty=short --since="2 weeks ago" v0.99.8..v0.99.9 Makefile
> >
> > is a valid query
> 
> Well, it is not a valid query ;-) Nobody implemented --since
> yet, but you could spell it --max-age.  It would not grok "2
> weeks ago" though.

Have you tried it? 

"--since" _works_.

All the magic is in "git-rev-parse". Try it.

> With the attached patch, you could at least do:
> 
> 	git log --max-age='2005-10-25' v0.99.8..v0.99.9 Makefile

No. Really. _try_ it. You can do

	git log --since="September 25"

And ItJustWorks(tm).

No patches needed. Anywhere. It's worked for quite a long time too. Since 
commit c1babb1d65e034a058c14379eabec8eb374757ca, to be exact.

    [PATCH] Teach "git-rev-parse" about date-based cut-offs

Just use it.

		Linus