"Joachim B Haga via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > This patch adds a setting to gitk to exclude all unknown refs - which > is considerably simpler than trying to honour the `excludeDecoration` > pattern. "This was simpler to implement" is a one-time cost savings for the developer who added the feature. For that one-time cost savings, all the current and future users will pay the price of inconsistent behaviour between "gitk" and "git log". It does not look like a good trade-off.
