From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:23:36 GMT
Subject: Re: Git log --tags isn't working as expected
Message-ID: <xmqqa83idjlj.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170802083200.3rmnz6mx2wfoarng@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

>   3. Use --simplify-by-decoration to show a particular range of commits,
>      but limit to ones that actually have a ref pointing at them. Like:
>
>        git log <COMMIT_ID>..HEAD --simplify-by-decoration

Nit: dashed options come first and then revs and then pathspecs.

> I think (3) matches what you're trying to do the best. You can't say
> "just tags" for the decoration, though, so you'll see branch tips as
> well. There's been some discussion about allowing specific decorations,
> but nothing merged yet.