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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker•net>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: git log -g bizarre behaviour
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:32:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsi1asyai.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454401738.32711.7.camel@kaarsemaker.net> (Dennis Kaarsemaker's message of "Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:28:58 +0100")

Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker•net> writes:

> On ma, 2016-02-01 at 15:37 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Do you mean
>> 
>> 	$ git checkout -b testing
>>         $ rm -f .git/logs/refs/heads/testing
>>         $ git log -g testing
>> 
>> will be changed from a silent no-op to an abort with error?
>> 
>> I do not see a need for such a change--does that count as an
>> objection?
>
> No, I'd like to change:
>
> $ ls .git/logs/refs/tags/v2.7.0
> ls: cannot access .git/logs/refs/tags/v2.7.0: No such file or directory
> $ git (log -g|reflog) v2.7.0
> From the bizarre behaviour above to a silent noop.

When there is nothing to show, we do not show anything, and that is
just like "git log v2.7.0..v2.7.0" is silent.

I do not find the silence bizarre at all.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-02 19:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-31 11:52 git log -g bizarre behaviour Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-02-01 23:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-02  8:28   ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-02-02 19:32     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-02-02 20:22       ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-02-02 20:42         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-02 23:32 ` [PATCH] log -g: ignore revision parameters that have no reflog Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-02-03  0:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-03 12:35     ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-02-03 18:32       ` Junio C Hamano

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