Re: git log: invert --author and --committer
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-16 02:19:33
Per Cederqvist [off-list ref] writes:
We have a repository that mostly contains configuration data.
This is updated by our continuous integration build system, but
every once in a while there are also more interesting commits
made by humans.
For several years I have suffered in silence, wishing for a way
to do something like
git log --author-not cibot
Today a friend told me that you can actually list all commits
except those made by cibot with this commandline:
git log --invert-grep --author cibot
The documentation for --invert-grep should mention that it
also inverts the meaning of --author and --committer. Perphaps
something like this would make sense?
/cederYeah, 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?
quoted hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txtb/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 4f009d4..ae12687 100644--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] --invert-grep:: Limit the commits output to ones with log message that do not - match the pattern specified with `--grep=<pattern>`. + match the pattern specified with `--grep=<pattern>`. Also + affects `--author=<pattern>` and `--committer=<pattern>`. -i:: --regexp-ignore-case::