From 6c295b78cc0207247daba5594f62b6ead3dd94e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Worth Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:22:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about inconsitency of which dates git-log uses by default --- tour.mdwn | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) 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. -- 2.43.0