Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> To save the user a lookup of the last line number, introduce $ as a
>> shorthand for the last line. This is mostly useful to spell "until
>> the end of the file" as '-L<begin>,$'.
>
> Hmph. This is mostly useful not to error out when user (perhaps
> mistakenly) expects that the end of file is spelled as "$"; both
> "git blame -L<begin>" and "git blame L<begin>," have always meant
> "til the end", IIRC.
Heh. That's actually a very good point; I think neither Bo nor me have
thought about allowing git log -L <begin>:<file>.
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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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