From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 17:47:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] log: add log.follow config option
Message-ID: <xmqqy4ix3zh8.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqr3op676u.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> writes:
>
>> Twitter's history is almost completely linear, so it's useful for us.  
>>
>> Since it looks like the patch won't be useful outside of our context,
>> I'll just rewrite it to check the pathspec count, and not upstream it
>> until follow becomes more general.
>
> As long as it's an opt-in and that the documentation states the
> limitations clearly enough, I think it makes sense to me to have this
> upstream.

Perhaps.  But at least "log -- 1 2" and "log --" should not be broken
for those that set the configuration.

Unless you are counting these as also "limitations", that is.