On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:54 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Perhaps you are missing --no-revs.
> ...
> "--flags" is an afterthought that filters out non-flags in other parts; I
> do not think it applied to the "rev" part (i.e. giving --no-revs at the
> same time would be a valid workaround if you know you do not want HEAD or
> any revision traversal argument) in any released version of git.
>
i am aware that --no-revs exists and can be used with --flags to
ensure that only flag arguments are displayed.
The issue is that the documentation currently implies that --flags
alone is sufficient to suppress anything that is not a flag when this
is not, in fact, the case. To wit:
--flags::
Do not output any non-flag parameters.
This is simply not accurate, given the current implementation.
If there is some reason --flags should not imply --no-revs, then the
documentation should be updated to state:
--flags::
Do not output any non-flag parameters (unless the parameter
also specifies a revision). To output only the flag parameters,
specify --no-revs as well.
jon.
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