Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] revision.c: implement -b-reverse=before for walks

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 28, 2026, 01:46 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqjytr26xe.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ae-J4ooz2PJ8bZAq@exploit>

Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space> writes:

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>> It might be that the right way to look at this new feature is not that
>> "we are changing where reverse is applied", but "count limit is applied
>> much later than usual"
>
> maybe --max-count-later as in max count is being applied later than
> usual? (either way the users will still need to reach for the man pages
> for clarifications).

I very much more prefer what J6t suggested, which (if I am understanding him correctly) would make

    git log --max-count-oldest=3 $options

conceptually run "git log" (without count limit but with other options like --grep, --author, --since, etc. applied) without showing anything until the last three commits remains, and then shows these last three commits.

    git log --max-count-oldest=3 --reverse $options

would show these same last three commits, but in the order opposite to the first one.