From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:26:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] revision: Add --sticky-default option
Message-ID: <xmqq5zxz5tku.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHc6FU7m=ikPyvzh0ztyOgfQjGD0oKEfGVxeRPRBy1Lh0VD+Fg@mail.gmail.com>

Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com> writes:

>> >   # is --stdin a selector, too?
>> >   branches | git log --stdin --not origin/master
>
> Yes, it's a positive selector (since --not doesn't apply to --stdin).

But you should be able to do

	printf "%s\n" ^maint master | git rev-list --stdin

Replace the second one with ^master and now you have nothing but
negative.

So, no, the line is much blurrier than you would think.