Running 'gitk -n 42' and selecting View > Edit View... would previously put the '-n' half of the argument-pair in the box labeled "Additional arguments to git log" and the '42' in "Branches & Tags". Parse this pair properly and use the numerical portion for the 'limit' value. Signed-off-by: Jim Ramsay <i.am@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- gitk-git/gitk | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk b/gitk-git/gitk index 1b0e09a..f93e7e5 100644 --- a/gitk-git/gitk +++ b/gitk-git/gitk @@ -3907,6 +3907,17 @@ proc decode_view_opts {n view_args} { set oargs [list] set refargs [list] foreach arg $view_args { + # Decode 2-argument '-n 42' as 'limit' + if {[info exists haslimitarg]} { + set newviewopts($n,limit) $arg + set found(limit) 1 + unset haslimitarg + continue + } + if {$arg eq "-n"} { + set haslimitarg 1 + continue + } if {[regexp -- {^-([0-9]+)$} $arg arg cnt] && ![info exists found(limit)]} { set newviewopts($n,limit) $cnt -- 1.7.0.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html