git blame - fatal: bad revision '22'

Question

According to this page (http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Debugging-with-Git ) I should use a comma between line numbers when using git blame.

However, if I try it out on my Windows machine using Powershell:

git blame -L 12,22 <name of file>

I get fatal: bad revision '22'

What's the problem? Something to do with Powershell?

Try quoting `-L "12,22"`? Commas mean something to powershell so it might be mishandling that. — Etan Reisner, Jul 10 '15 at 20:11
What version of git are you using? Can you run this outside of PowerShell (through `cmd.exe` for example)? — AlBlue, Jul 10 '15 at 21:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '15 at 21:55

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Try quoting the argument to -L (e.g. -L "12,22").

Comma is an operator in powershell so it is probably mis-parsing the command without the quotes or something like that.

answered Jul 10 '15 at 21:55

Etan Reisner

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