Git log with formatting options do not work when using -L:<funcname>:<file>
Works as intended for path
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aidan@AidanLaptop:~/Repos/git$ git log --oneline -- advice.c
a20f70478f add: warn when asked to update SKIP_WORKTREE entries
3b990aa645 push: parse and set flag for "--force-if-includes"
c4a09cc9cc Merge branch 'hw/advise-ng'
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Works as intended for revision range
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aidan@AidanLaptop:~/Repos/git$ git log 91e70e00ac..HEAD --oneline
107691cb07 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) Merge branch
'ds/sparse-index-protections'
2b8b1aa6ad Merge branch 'tz/c-locale-output-is-no-more'
c69f2f8c86 Merge branch 'cs/http-use-basic-after-failed-negotiate'
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Does not work tracking a function
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aidan@AidanLaptop:~/Repos/git$ git log -L:vadvise:advice.c --oneline
b3b18d1621 advice: revamp advise API
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -99,19 +141,23 @@
-static void vadvise(const char *advice, va_list params)
+static void vadvise(const char *advice, int display_instructions,
+ const char *key, va_list params)
{
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
const char *cp, *np;
strbuf_vaddf(&buf, advice, params);
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Is this a bug or am I invoking the command incorrectly?
Kind regards,
Aidan