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Re: finding deleted file names

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 3, 2008, 11:57 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0807031255230.9925@racer>
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Hi,
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Geoff Russell wrote:
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> git diff --diff-filter=D --name-only HEAD@{'7 days ago'}
> 
> finds files deleted during the last 7 days, but if my repository is
> only 6 days old I get a
> fatal error.
> 
> fatal: bad object HEAD@{7 days ago}

Sorry, but you haven't grasped the concept of reflogs. The "@{...}" is purely for the _local_ state.

So clearly, if you did not have the repo 7 days ago, "HEAD@{7.days.ago}" does not exist.

In a distributed SCM, asking about a branch's state "7 days ago" is ill-defined at best.

Hth, Dscho

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Message 16 of 16 in “finding deleted file names”
  1. Geoff RussellJul 3, 2008
  2. Mikael MagnussonJul 3, 2008
  3. Geoff RussellJul 3, 2008
  4. Mikael MagnussonJul 3, 2008
  5. Jeff KingJul 3, 2008
  6. Geoff RussellJul 4, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2008
  8. Geoff RussellJul 6, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2008
  10. Geoff RussellJul 7, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiJul 3, 2008
  12. Jeff KingJul 3, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2008
  14. Jeff KingJul 3, 2008
  15. Shawn O. PearceJul 3, 2008
  16. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2008

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