* Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > By the way, not linking --reverse (traverse the history normally and > then show the commits in the reverse order than usual) to -R (show > diff in the opposite way while showing the change each commit > introduces) allows you to even say "log --reverse -R", which did not > come from a conscious design, but being able to say this _is_ a > conscious design: > > $ git fetch j6t > $ git log --reverse -p ..j6t/for-junio > > When I review a branch somebody else offers me, I may want to view the > commits on them in reverse order (so that they build a bit by bit on > top of my tree), but I _certainly_ do not want to view the patch in > reverse! yes, i too do that occasionally (and some of my export/import scripts rely on it in fact), and i was not suggesting to change any existing functionality anyway. Ingo -- 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
