Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] log: reject pickaxe options when combined with -L

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:02:31 -0800

"Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]> writes:

> From: Michael Montalbo <[email-masked]>
>
> The previous commit fixed a crash when -G, -S, or --find-object was
> used together with -L and rename detection.  However, these options
> still have no effect on -L output: line-log uses its own
> commit-filtering logic in line_log_filter() and never consults the
> pickaxe machinery.  Rather than silently ignoring these options, reject
> the combination with a clear error message.
>
> This replaces the known-breakage tests from the previous commit with
> tests that verify the rejection for all three options.  A future series
> could teach line-log to honor these options and remove this restriction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Montalbo <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  builtin/log.c       |  4 ++++
>  t/t4211-line-log.sh | 52 ++++++++-------------------------------------
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
> index 5c9a8ef363..44e2399d59 100644
> --- a/builtin/log.c
> +++ b/builtin/log.c
> @@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ static void cmd_log_init_finish(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
>  	if (rev->line_level_traverse && rev->prune_data.nr)
>  		die(_("-L<range>:<file> cannot be used with pathspec"));
>  
> +	if (rev->line_level_traverse &&
> +	    (rev->diffopt.pickaxe_opts & DIFF_PICKAXE_KINDS_MASK))
> +		die(_("-L does not yet support -G, -S, or --find-object"));

I do not think "-L" meant to work well with these features to begin
with, and I've never used -L with any other options (-L does not
even work with --stat), so I personally do not mind this change.

But if this is in place, would we still need [1/2]?