git log alias with --all and --exclude

> I have an alias
> 'gr = log --oneline --abbrev-commit --all --graph --decorate --color'
> and I would like to be able to sometimes exclude a branch, so call it
> with:
> $ git gr --exclude=pattern
> 
> This does not work, though. Also does not work without the alias and
> typing the complete command by hand. Apparently the --exclude must be
> put before the --all to take effect.

> Am 04.09.24 um 11:06 schrieb Rene Kita:
> > I have an alias
> > 'gr = log --oneline --abbrev-commit --all --graph --decorate --color'
> > and I would like to be able to sometimes exclude a branch, so call it
> > with:
> > $ git gr --exclude=pattern
> > 
> > This does not work, though. Also does not work without the alias and
> > typing the complete command by hand. Apparently the --exclude must be
> > put before the --all to take effect.
> 
> That is very much by design, so that you can express "branches except
> the wip and preview branches and remotes except those from the remote
> archive" with
> 
> --exclude=wip/* --exclude=preview* --branches --exclude=archive/* --remotes
> 
> These collective branch options --branches, --remotes, and --all clear
> the exclude patterns after having them applied. Therefore, in this example,
> the first two --exclude do not affect --remotes.

>
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 06:49:12PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > Am 04.09.24 um 11:06 schrieb Rene Kita:
> > > I have an alias
> > > 'gr = log --oneline --abbrev-commit --all --graph --decorate --color'
> > > and I would like to be able to sometimes exclude a branch, so call it
> > > with:
> > > $ git gr --exclude=pattern
> > >
> > > This does not work, though. Also does not work without the alias and
> > > typing the complete command by hand. Apparently the --exclude must be
> > > put before the --all to take effect.
> >
> > That is very much by design, so that you can express "branches except
> > the wip and preview branches and remotes except those from the remote
> > archive" with
> >
> > --exclude=wip/* --exclude=preview* --branches --exclude=archive/* --remotes
> >
> > These collective branch options --branches, --remotes, and --all clear
> > the exclude patterns after having them applied. Therefore, in this example,
> > the first two --exclude do not affect --remotes.
>
> OK, certainly not the answer I hoped for, but something I still
> expected. Thanks for the explanation.
>

>> > > 'gr = log --oneline --abbrev-commit --all --graph --decorate --color'
>
> You could implement this as a shell alias so that your options get
> included before the --all. I'm not sure how trivial that would be to
> do, but thats how I would go about implementing this alias.

> Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >> > > 'gr = log --oneline --abbrev-commit --all --graph --decorate --color'
> >
> > You could implement this as a shell alias so that your options get
> > included before the --all. I'm not sure how trivial that would be to
> > do, but thats how I would go about implementing this alias.
> 
> True.  If I were doing this, I would at least do something like
> 
>     [alias]
> 	rg = "!sh -c 'git log --oneline --abbrev-commit --graph \
> 		--decorate --color ${1-\"--all\"} \"$@\"' -"
> 
> so that
> 
>  (1) "git rg" without any argument will default to "--all"
>  (2) "git rg --exclude 'wip*' --branches" would work as expected,
>      just like "git rg --first-parent master..seen" would.
> 
> Thanks.