log --limit --forward should select *last* N revisions, not first N

[Gioele Barabucci]

bzr --limit N --forward shows the first N revisions (from revision 1 to N) in reverse order. I think it would be more natural to change --limit N to mean last N revisions when --forward is used.

More advanced users can always used the "head" command to select the first N revisions in reverse order.

[Vincent Ladeuil (vila)]

Of course "natural" is often subjective....

--limit is very similar to head, it limits the number of revisions shown.

I think what *you* want here is better achieved with:

 bzr log --forward -r-<N>..

i.e: log the last N revisions

[Gioele Barabucci (gioele)]

Of course "natural' is subjective. Yet, I don't see the point of having a simple command to give the first N then revisions in reverse order while to get the last N revisions in reverse order (that is way more common) one has to dig into a special case of the --revision option.

I think that "--limit 10" is more usable and understandable than "-r-10..". And I think this is quite objective, not subjective.

Also, please note that the trailing ".." if often missed, even by bzr developers and bzr power-users, as shown by recent discussion on the mailing list.

[Gioele Barabucci (gioele)]

Both svn and git have a limit option that limits to the *last* N revisions when run in (default for them) --forward mode.

[Gioele Barabucci (gioele)]

Oops, the last comment about svn and git is wrong, influenced by my local settings.