On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Peter Krefting <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> % git log --oneline -1 v1.8.1.5^..v1.8.1.6 >> % git log --oneline --reverse -1 v1.8.1.5^..v1.8.1.6 >> >> I expect to get a different output, and not both showing v1.8.1.6. >> Wouldn't you agree? > > > Quoting the manual page: > > Commit Limiting > Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the > special notations explained in the description, additional commit limiting > may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit ordering and > formatting options, such as --reverse. > > Given that, I would expect the output to be the same. If expectations were based on documentation, all one has to do is document bugs, and there would be no bugs anymore :) Code can be changed to fit more appropriately user expectations (which are independent of documentation), and the documentation updated accordingly. -- Felipe Contreras -- 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