From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:37:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Config variables and scripting // was Re: [RFC/PATCH] log: add log.firstparent option
Message-ID: <xmqqoaj2pygu.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150723051445.GA24029@peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I am sympathetic, though. There are some things that git-log can do that
> rev-list cannot, so people end up using it in scripts. I think you can
> avoid it with a "rev-list | diff-tree" pipeline, though I'm not 100%
> sure if that covers all cases. But I would much rather see a solution
> along the lines of making the plumbing cover more cases, rather than
> trying to make the porcelain behave in a script.

Very well said.