From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:22:55 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Add note about inconsitency of which dates git-log uses by default
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Add note about inconsitency of which dates git-log uses by default
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diff --git a/tour.mdwn b/tour.mdwn
index c72bffe..53f8f2c 100644
--- a/tour.mdwn
+++ b/tour.mdwn
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ created:
 
 	$ git log --since="2 weeks ago" --until="yesterday"
 
+	[XXX: By default, "git log" displays author dates as "Date"
+	but then uses commit dates when given a --since option. That
+	seems like broken defaults to me. Why the inconsistency?]
+
 Another useful option is -n or --max-count which, unsurprisingly,
 limits the maximum number of commits to be displayed.