pcottle/learnGitBranching · info · CommandResult

bigLogStr

Error message

bigLogStr

What it means

Not a failure: logWithout builds output for 'git log <ref> ^<omitBranch>' by having RevisionRange.formatRevisions emit one commit id per line; the concatenated string is returned by throwing a CommandResult.

Source

Thrown at src/js/git/index.js:3136

    msg: msg
  });
};

GitEngine.prototype.logWithout = function(ref, omitBranch) {
  // slice off the ^branch
  omitBranch = omitBranch.slice(1);
  this.log(ref, Graph.getUpstreamSet(this, omitBranch));
};

GitEngine.prototype.revlist = function(refs) {
  var range = new RevisionRange(this, refs);

  // now go through and collect ids
  var bigLogStr = range.formatRevisions(function(c) {
    return c.id + '\n';
  });

  throw new CommandResult({
    msg: bigLogStr
  });
};

GitEngine.prototype.log = function(refs) {
  var range = new RevisionRange(this, refs);

  // now go through and collect logs
  var bigLogStr = range.formatRevisions(function(c) {
    return c.getLogEntry();
  });

  throw new CommandResult({
    msg: bigLogStr
  });
};

GitEngine.prototype.getCommonAncestor = function(ancestor, cousin, dontThrow) {

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Solutions

1. No fix needed
2. Parse msg lines if you need the commit id list

try { engine.logWithout(ref, omit); } catch (e) { if (e instanceof CommandResult) { var ids = e.msg.trim().split('\n'); } else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: Successful git log ref ^other execution; every revision in the range contributes 'id\n'.

Common situations: Normal usage; expected output.

Related errors

• <dynamic describe output: foundTag>
• <dynamic describe output: foundTag-N-g<id>>
• commit.getShowEntry()
• this.getStatusMsg()
• msg

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