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Filter log based on paths NOT touched

Subject: Filter log based on paths NOT touched

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4 messages between Nov 25, 2013 and Nov 26, 2013.

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Phillip Susi· Nov 25, 2013, 20:20 UTC · lore

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I can't seem to find a way to invert the meaning of a pathspec given
to git log in order to find commits touching anything BUT a given
path.  Does such a thing exist?
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Junio C Hamano· Nov 25, 2013, 20:35 UTC · re: Phillip Susi · lore

Re: Filter log based on paths NOT touched

Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com> writes:

> I can't seem to find a way to invert the meaning of a pathspec given
> to git log in order to find commits touching anything BUT a given
> path.  Does such a thing exist?

Not yet (look for "negative pathspec").

Duy Nguyen· Nov 26, 2013, 03:13 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

Re: Filter log based on paths NOT touched

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com> writes:
>
>> I can't seem to find a way to invert the meaning of a pathspec given
>> to git log in order to find commits touching anything BUT a given
>> path.  Does such a thing exist?
>
> Not yet (look for "negative pathspec").

There's a difference between "skip commits that touch anything directory foo even if it also touches something outside of foo" and "skip commits that _only_ touches something in foo". Not sure which way Phillip wants here. Negative pathspec only supports the latter. The former needs a new option in rev-list, because the logic to consider a commit not a match if it matches a pathspec is out of tree_entry_interesting()'s control.

-- 
Duy

Phillip Susi· Nov 26, 2013, 04:34 UTC · re: Duy Nguyen · lore

Re: Filter log based on paths NOT touched

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On 11/25/2013 10:13 PM, Duy Nguyen wrote:

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> There's a difference between "skip commits that touch anything
> directory foo even if it also touches something outside of foo" and
> "skip commits that _only_ touches something in foo". Not sure which
> way Phillip wants here. Negative pathspec only supports the latter.
> The former needs a new option in rev-list, because the logic to
> consider a commit not a match if it matches a pathspec is out of
> tree_entry_interesting()'s control.

I'm looking for the latter.  Specifically I'm trying to see what changes to the upstream code a debian package has made so I need to ignore commits that only change things in debian/.

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