Doug Robinson wrote on Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:10:49 -0400: > Daniel: > > I think that simply enabling M<N (where it is now an error) will create the > situation where the user makes a mistake, gets something they don't expect > and tries to interpret it based on their desire - leading to confusion. I > believe M<N should still be an error. A new option (--reverse ?) should be > required to make it clear that the user wants the reverse blame walk.
Sorry, disagree. diff -r 1:5 != diff -r 5:1 log -r 1:5 != log -r 5:1 merge -r 4:5 != merge -r 5:4 With all that in mind, I still think that making 'blame -r 5:4' and 'blame -r 4:5' do different things is the correct course of action. Cheers, Daniel