Hi,
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Geoff Russell wrote:
> git diff --diff-filter=D --name-only HEAD@{'7 days ago'}
>
> finds files deleted during the last 7 days, but if my repository is
> only 6 days old I get a
> fatal error.
>
> fatal: bad object HEAD@{7 days ago}
Sorry, but you haven't grasped the concept of reflogs. The "@{...}" is
purely for the _local_ state.
So clearly, if you did not have the repo 7 days ago, "HEAD@{7.days.ago}"
does not exist.
In a distributed SCM, asking about a branch's state "7 days ago" is
ill-defined at best.
Hth,
Dscho
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