question about git rev-list --max-count=n

2016-09-27 Thread Ruediger Meier
Hi, git rev-list --max-count=n seems to always list the _last_ (newest) n commits. Is there any functionality to list the _first_ n commits? I've tried to add --reverse hoping that this would do it but it does not. The manual could be a bit more clear about that: --max-count= Limit the

Re: git clone --depth and git describe

2013-05-10 Thread Ruediger Meier
On Friday 10 May 2013, Duy Nguyen wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Ruediger Meier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a use case where I'd like to improve performance using "git > > clone --depth". But I also need "git describe" working o

git clone --depth and git describe

2013-05-09 Thread Ruediger Meier
Hi, I have a use case where I'd like to improve performance using "git clone --depth". But I also need "git describe" working on that clone. So something like git clone --depth=describable would be nice to have. Would it be possible to add such feature? cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe from this li