Subject: bug#38044: 27.0.50; There should be an easier way to look at a specific vc commit

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:12:10 +0200

On 18.11.2019 23:31, Juri Linkov wrote:
> +(defun vc-git-log-search (buffer pattern &optional limit)
> 
> +  (let ((args (if limit
> +                  `("log" "--no-color" "-n" "1" ,(or pattern ""))
> +                `("log" "--no-color" "-i"
> +                  ,(format "--grep=%s" (or pattern ""))))))

Why would we hardcode that if LIMIT is passed then PATTERN is a 
revision, not a search string?

Let's please make it another backend command instead of piggy-backing on 
'log-search'.