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Re: [BUG] Empty reflogs and "git log -g"

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2007, 19:37 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Santi Béjar wrote:
> 
>>  when a reflog entry do not have a reflog message the refs@{num} syntax 
>> gives a different result than with 'git log -g'. Actually 'git log -g' 
>> just skips this ref.
> 
> I could be that some older git version produces empty messages. But I'd 
> regard the empty messages to be the problem. Or is the current Git version 
> still producing such entries?

StGIT used to produce no reflog messages; I don't know if this has improved. But you can have old reflog entries with empty messages; git log -g should deal with them IMHO.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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Message 7 of 13 in “[BUG] Empty reflogs and "git log -g"”
  1. Santi BéjarFeb 8, 2007
  2. Santi BéjarFeb 8, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2007
  4. Nicolas PitreFeb 8, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2007
  7. Jakub NarebskiFeb 8, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2007
  10. for_each_reflog_ent: be forgiving about missing messageJohannes Schindelin, Feb 8, 2007
  11. log --reflog: use dwim_logJohannes Schindelin, Feb 9, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2007

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