Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes:
> Per Cederqvist <ced...@opera.com> writes:
>
>> git log --invert-grep --author cibot
>...
> Yeah, the author/committer search piggy-backs the more generic "grep
> in the log" machinery, but it is quite hidden and the document
> failed to tell the end users that is what is going on. Mentioning
> that invert (or any tweak that works on the grep machinery) affects
> author/committer search is a good idea.
>
> Does "-i/--regexp-ignore-case" also need the same treatment?
It seems it does.
How about making this clarification not about --invert-grep but
about --committer/--author option, perhaps like this?
Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 4f009d4..3fca366 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
expression). With more than one `--author=<pattern>`,
commits whose author matches any of the given patterns are
chosen (similarly for multiple `--committer=<pattern>`).
++
+Options that affect how a regular expression match is performed
+(such as `-i`, `-E`, `--invert-grep`) can also be used affect these
+options.
--grep-reflog=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with reflog entries that
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in
the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
