Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] log: reject pickaxe options when combined with -L
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Mar 4, 2026, 21:02 UTC
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"Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> From: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
>
> The previous commit fixed a crash when -G, -S, or --find-object was
> used together with -L and rename detection. However, these options
> still have no effect on -L output: line-log uses its own
> commit-filtering logic in line_log_filter() and never consults the
> pickaxe machinery. Rather than silently ignoring these options, reject
> the combination with a clear error message.
>
> This replaces the known-breakage tests from the previous commit with
> tests that verify the rejection for all three options. A future series
> could teach line-log to honor these options and remove this restriction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
> ---
> builtin/log.c | 4 ++++
> t/t4211-line-log.sh | 52 ++++++++-------------------------------------
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
> index 5c9a8ef363..44e2399d59 100644
> --- a/builtin/log.c
> +++ b/builtin/log.c
> @@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ static void cmd_log_init_finish(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
> if (rev->line_level_traverse && rev->prune_data.nr)
> die(_("-L<range>:<file> cannot be used with pathspec"));
>
> + if (rev->line_level_traverse &&
> + (rev->diffopt.pickaxe_opts & DIFF_PICKAXE_KINDS_MASK))
> + die(_("-L does not yet support -G, -S, or --find-object"));I do not think "-L" meant to work well with these features to begin with, and I've never used -L with any other options (-L does not even work with --stat), so I personally do not mind this change.
But if this is in place, would we still need [1/2]?