git developers:
Small feature request on:
git log --oneline <revision range> -- <path>...
Could we add an option to:
1) display all commits in <revision range> unconditionally
2) use a special marker (e.g. star) for commits that touch <path>...
and list the files from <path>... that this commit modified
Sample output:
git log --oneline (--annotated?) HEAD~5..HEAD -- Makefile kernel/printk/printk.c
aaaabbbbccc1 uninteresting commit 1
* aaaabbbbccc2 fix Makefile
Makefile
aaaabbbbccc3 uninteresting commit 2
* aaaabbbbccc4 fix Makefile and printk()
Makefile
kernel/printk/printk.c
aaaabbbbccc5 uninteresting commit 3
In other words:
- commits that don't touch <path>... are still listed (without special markers)
- commits that touch <path>... are listed with * prefix, and the files
from <path>... that the commit modified are listed below the commit
This is very useful for kernel LTS merges, when we want to know which
LTS patches in the merge chain actually touched the files that matter
for a specific build target.
Is this an easy add-on to git log?
