Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Spelunking through the history via:
>
> git log --reverse -p -G'only allowed with' -- '*builtin*tag*c'
>
> Reveals that there was no good reason for not allowing this in the
> first place. The --contains option added in 32c35cfb1e ("git-tag: Add
> --contains option", 2009-01-26) made this an error,. All the other
s/,././
> subsequent list-like options that were added copied its pattern of
> making this usage an error.
Good digging, and I do agree that this is a good change.
Thanks.