From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D411F8C1 for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 20:32:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728501AbgEBUcE (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2020 16:32:04 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58054 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728495AbgEBUcE (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2020 16:32:04 -0400 Received: from mail-ua1-x92c.google.com (mail-ua1-x92c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::92c]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC13CC061A0C for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 13:32:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ua1-x92c.google.com with SMTP id a16so1627923uaq.5 for ; Sat, 02 May 2020 13:32:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=6b9QdJvD3wWBickw72/iUneScDqEmbMkT5LBGTWz4N4=; b=N92pKjEHkQjQkvkrCnyLXr20sZ8S9tbAnbe8pxcjX1WcPSq1v8KCna10gvANbhlNm3 pDdhn3Wsq02yqgg3IrK69EE6WxiWjTGJ+unRHHkZBCtmgfAmIwEPRN7lPWcb4msnijJa WknWApS7nf1rxZ2MjuEkSlS9TRLoCo12WK4OrfUgie9cNssyZrzRlNqpGCzO6XXYewPj O6eEYl3yxv8W9EHGMcDShVkiYNFWBR9Nnf2BSQU9EIt5qsDqdUgmvn/+CgOk3t6RT94V Z8/Pm4AtvgpxUgx5TMGlLPJEjSlkF6BTrdQeA8jei7/1A/+xfRVeRMXNQYmbHuhwYCSz B2sQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=6b9QdJvD3wWBickw72/iUneScDqEmbMkT5LBGTWz4N4=; b=mMxyUK2+zAJjjRY6TCohkKgBfHWLkpfVorPBLDEqaFdaV6plLpH55tlC7P/yWeEyp4 7zoyfa1XCREbE3cKjKHoDQN5jaIYjkW7igJsrRffktjtGQxtHYrOBbNrG9irtLcYzWQH Oh81N6FjHlB44GCzpQdtSNmM6yDjKG4j3H6r6//jtmutcpRP8PcimrLCgjyWBT2cYN1p shY2GKQIyw/P7U4utECE1Z1bj2jSvAOcK0Zm2BhG0hrJ5QiP3sSq4pvgG/DwZb6ZVRbP bWelX2MaUqy/ds1ZPDoDGUSWkTtpYomiJlzkDRazNFfGxDwwb5ZHIcqPs4YISx5722vT wZKw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuYuzpSHkZ3+83xXbK2miMwq5el9xzaAYPm0HWqPxdGbBtGB1a4A xlnuKNO8GWRpQOmMTTbIFmD/ivss0xbqL5BwVATYUl3k X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypKJzOHW98kq8+w0w+FOf1Gl+HHT7a4soLot7uv6grebL3J6zM+Tn/wvkz+6hBaTSmxiACkFEZXPWV5YHQGg1Eg= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:5a84:: with SMTP id w4mr6768793uae.61.1588451522460; Sat, 02 May 2020 13:32:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: clime Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 22:31:50 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: git for-each-ref - sorting by multiple keys To: Git List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello, I have the following command: /usr/bin/git for-each-ref --merged="${GIT_HEAD-HEAD}" --sort='-taggerdate' --sort='-*committerdate' --format="%(*committerdate)|%(taggerdate)|%(tag)" refs/tags I thought this will use: -*commiterdate as a primary key and -taggerdate as a secondary. According to man page for --sort: "You may use the --sort= option multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary key." But that doesn't seem to be the case. I created a repo with a single commit and created annotated tags on the commit in the following order: $ git tag -a -m "foo" B $ git tag -a -m "foo" C $ git tag -a -m "foo" A Yet the order I am getting after running the command is: Sat May 2 22:10:30 2020 +0200|Sat May 2 22:14:49 2020 +0200|C Sat May 2 22:10:30 2020 +0200|Sat May 2 22:14:45 2020 +0200|B Sat May 2 22:10:30 2020 +0200|Sat May 2 22:14:51 2020 +0200|A Is it a mistake in man pages? Is there any way to sort by multiple keys? Thank you clime