Re: git log: invert --author and --committer

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Per Cederqvist <cederp@opera.com> writes:
>
>>     git log --invert-grep --author cibot
>...
> Yeah, 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?

It seems it does.

How about making this clarification not about --invert-grep but
about --committer/--author option, perhaps like this?

 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 4f009d4..3fca366 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 	expression).  With more than one `--author=<pattern>`,
 	commits whose author matches any of the given patterns are
 	chosen (similarly for multiple `--committer=<pattern>`).
++
+Options that affect how a regular expression match is performed
+(such as `-i`, `-E`, `--invert-grep`) can also be used affect these
+options.
 
 --grep-reflog=<pattern>::
 	Limit the commits output to ones with reflog entries that