From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:25:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug report: ":/[text]" revision reference no longer returns youngest commit
Message-ID: <ddc10a19-f8fc-4532-90b0-5485d5126bd7@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CADFnu5sMEvGyGy7xH1r0NGBUZJBznCi0waJ_bJ3tSHQ5Y2yX1Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

On Sun, Dec 15, 2024, at 12:51, Oliver Blanthorn wrote:
> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
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> `git show :/Merge` in git's git repo
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> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
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> The most recent commit matching the text "Merge" should have appeared
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> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
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> A commit from 19 years ago appeared

This has been reported here

https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAKOEJdcPYn3O01p29rVa+xv=Qr504FQyKJeSB-Moze04ViCGGg@mail.gmail.com/

The patch is here

https://lore.kernel.org/git/20241206-pks-rev-parse-fix-reversed-list-v3-1-d934c17db168@pks.im/