On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hmm, IIUC that's actually not a bug or even a roughness; it's an > artifact of how the :pattern:file syntax is defined. It takes the first > _funcname line_ matching 'pattern', up to (but excluding) the next > funcname line. > ... > Or is there an issue that I'm missing? No you're correct. I should have used the following instead for the demo: $ git log -L /struct\ rev_cmdline_info/,/^}/:revision.h Moral: You'd hit your target better if you work on your aim. nazri -- 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