On Fri, Dec 6, 2024, at 12:57, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> [snip]
> Recently it was reported [*1*] that "look for the youngest
> reachable commit with log message that match the given pattern"
> syntax (e.g. :/myMessagePattern, or HEAD^{/myMessagePattern})
But these are slightly different since `:/` searches in all refs.
They are only equivalent (i.e. with Patrick’s fix) when you have
just made a commit (like in Patrick’s test).
And the longer syntax doesn’t seem to be affected by any regressions.
In this repo:
$ # wrong
$ git log --format=reference -1 :/Merge
3857284f7b8 (Merge refs/heads/master from ., 2005-08-24)
$ # correct (looks correct)
$ git log --format=reference -1 HEAD^{/Merge}
4a611ee7ebd (Merge branch 'kn/ref-transaction-hook-with-reflog', 2024-11-27)
> started to show older commit.
