On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Nikolai Kosjar <nikolai.kosjar@xxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > $ gitk --author=foo > > ...seems to show also the parent of each author-matched commit, whereas > > $ git log --author=foo > > does not. Is this intended or a bug? I've stumbled over this while > configuring a gitk view with the author field. I believe that this is intentional. Notice that the parent commit's circle is just outlined compared to the selected authored commits are filled. I consider this the context of the commits you are looking at. > > Nikolai > > > > > > # Setup > ~/work/gitkBug % git init . > ~/work/gitkBug % touch file1 file2 > ~/work/gitkBug % git add file1 > ~/work/gitkBug % git commit "--author=MrFoo <foo@world>" file1 -m "add > file1" > ~/work/gitkBug % git add file2 > ~/work/gitkBug % git commit "--author=MrBar <bar@world>" file2 -m "add > file2" > > # TEST: git log --author - OK > ~/work/gitkBug % git log --author=MrBar # OK, as expected > commit 8aa4a4f651162bcb2275a1e9ee23fc1bb7226097 > Author: MrBar <bar@world> > Date: Tue Apr 26 14:22:58 2016 +0200 > > add file2 > > # TEST: gitk --author - OPS > ~/work/gitkBug % gitk --author=MrBar # Ops, gitk shows also the parent > commit > > > -- > 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 -- 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