From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net>
To: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: Detached HEAD and "git log --all"
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:36:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AE16B1C.9050205@drmicha.warpmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200910222237.04056.jnareb@gmail.com>
Jakub Narebski venit, vidit, dixit 22.10.2009 22:37:
> When discussing differences between concept and implementation
> of branches in Git and in Mercurial on StackOverflow[1] (abusing
> SO comment system a bit), Steve Losh[2] wrote that he was surprised
> by the fact that "git log --all" doesn't include commits made
> on detached HEAD.
>
> While documentation clearly states:
>
> --all Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are listed
> on the command line as <commit>.
>
> and HEAD is in `$GIT_DIR/HEAD`, which is outside `$GIT_DIR/refs/`,
> it is nevertheless a bit strange that "git log --all" doesn't list
> all (everything).
>
> This is of course only an issue if we are on detached HEAD; I guess
> that semantics of `--all` option to git-log predates this feature.
>
> [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1598759/git-and-mercurial-compare-and-contrast/1599930#1599930
> [2] http://stevelosh.com/blog/entry/2009/8/30/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/
>
...OK, finally found it: Dscho did just that in f0298cf (revision
walker: include a detached HEAD in --all, 2009-01-16) which is in
v1.6.1.3 and later.
Cheers,
Michael
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2009-10-22 20:37 Detached HEAD and "git log --all" Jakub Narebski
2009-10-23 8:33 ` Michael J Gruber
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