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Re: Finally implement "git log --follow"

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 21, 2007, 15:55 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Marco Costalba wrote:
> > 
> > Bad: Currently git-log does not support --stdin option, required IMHO
> > when git-log is runned by a tool, not a user, due to the possibility
> > of a very long command line.
> 
> I do think we should just fix this. The patch to do so can't be *that* 
> bad.

The only quirk here is that "--stdin" makes no sense with a pager. Therefore, you'd have to move the automatic pager invocation to _after_ option parsing.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Linus TorvaldsJun 19, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsJun 19, 2007
  3. Marco CostalbaJul 4, 2007
  4. Marco CostalbaJun 20, 2007
  5. Linus TorvaldsJun 20, 2007
  6. Marco CostalbaJun 21, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsJun 21, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinJun 21, 2007
  9. Linus TorvaldsJun 21, 2007
  10. Linus TorvaldsJun 21, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2007

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