Re: [PATCH v5] revision.c: implement --max-count-oldest

> Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space> writes:
> 
> > --max-count is a commit limiting option sets a maximum amount of commits
> > to be shown. If a user wants to see only the first N commits of the
> > history (the oldest commits) they'd have to combine --max-count with
> > --skip. This is not very user-friendly.
> > ...
> > +test_expect_success 'log --max-count-oldest=3 --reverse --oneline' '
> > +	test_when_finished rm expect &&
> > +	git log --oneline | tail -n3 | tac >expect &&
> > +	git log --oneline --max-count-oldest=3 --reverse >actual &&
> > +	test_cmp expect actual
> > +'
> 
> "tac" is not portable, and breaks macOS CI jobs.
> 
>   https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/25591146540/job/75128929633#step:4:2058
> 
> Wouldn't
> 
>   git log --oneline --reverse | head -n3 >expect
> 
> be equivalent?