--- a/src/com/tmate/hgkit/console/Log.java	Fri Jan 14 20:03:14 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/com/tmate/hgkit/console/Log.java	Fri Jan 14 23:22:20 2011 +0100
@@ -32,13 +32,31 @@
 		dump.reverseOrder = true;
 		if (cmdLineOpts.files.isEmpty()) {
 			// no revisions and no limit
-			hgRepo.getChangelog().all(dump);
+			if (cmdLineOpts.limit == -1) {
+				hgRepo.getChangelog().all(dump);
+			} else {
+				int[] r = new int[] { 0, hgRepo.getChangelog().getRevisionCount() };
+				if (fixRange(r, dump.reverseOrder, cmdLineOpts.limit) == 0) {
+					System.out.println("No changes");
+					return;
+				}
+				hgRepo.getChangelog().range(r[0], r[1], dump);
+			}
 			dump.complete();
 		} else {
 			for (String fname : cmdLineOpts.files) {
 				HgDataFile f1 = hgRepo.getFileNode(fname);
 				System.out.println("History of the file: " + f1.getPath());
-				f1.history(dump);
+				if (cmdLineOpts.limit == -1) {
+					f1.history(dump);
+				} else {
+					int[] r = new int[] { 0, f1.getRevisionCount() };
+					if (fixRange(r, dump.reverseOrder, cmdLineOpts.limit) == 0) {
+						System.out.println("No changes");
+						continue;
+					}
+					f1.history(r[0], r[1], dump);
+				}
 				dump.complete();
 			}
 		}
@@ -49,6 +67,21 @@
 		//
 		//new ChangelogWalker().setFile("hello.c").setRevisionRange(1, 4).accept(new Visitor);
 	}
+	
+	private static int fixRange(int[] start_end, boolean reverse, int limit) {
+		assert start_end.length == 2;
+		if (limit < start_end[1]) {
+			if (reverse) {
+				// adjust left boundary of the range
+				start_end[0] = start_end[1] - limit;
+			} else {
+				start_end[1] = limit; // adjust right boundary
+			}
+		}
+		int rv = start_end[1] - start_end[0];
+		start_end[1]--; // range needs index, not length
+		return rv;
+	}
 
 	private static final class Dump implements Changeset.Inspector {
 		// params
@@ -86,17 +119,17 @@
 			Formatter f = new Formatter(sb);
 			f.format("changeset:   %d:%s\n", revNumber, complete ? csetNodeid : csetNodeid.shortNotation());
 			if (complete) {
-				f.format("parent:        %s\nparent:        %s\nmanifest:     %s", "-1", "-1", cset.manifest());
+				f.format("parent:      %s\nparent:      %s\nmanifest:    %s\n", "-1", "-1", cset.manifest());
 			}
 			f.format("user:        %s\ndate:        %s\n", cset.user(), cset.dateString());
 			if (complete) {
 				final List<String> files = cset.files();
-				sb.append("files:    ");
+				sb.append("files:      ");
 				for (String s : files) {
 					sb.append(' ');
 					sb.append(s);
 				}
-				f.format("description:\n%s\n\n", cset.comment());
+				f.format("\ndescription:\n%s\n\n", cset.comment());
 			} else {
 				f.format("summary:     %s\n\n", cset.comment());
 			}

--- a/src/com/tmate/hgkit/fs/RepositoryLookup.java	Fri Jan 14 20:03:14 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/com/tmate/hgkit/fs/RepositoryLookup.java	Fri Jan 14 23:22:20 2011 +0100
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 	
 		public String repoLocation;
 		public List<String> files;
+		public int limit = -1;
 
 		public static Options parse(String[] commandLineArgs) {
 			Options rv = new Options();
@@ -76,6 +77,13 @@
 							rv.repoLocation = it.next();
 							break;
 						}
+						case (int) 'l' : {
+							if (!it.hasNext()) {
+								throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+							}
+							rv.limit = Integer.parseInt(it.next());
+							break;
+						}
 					}
 				} else {
 					// filename

--- a/src/com/tmate/hgkit/ll/Changelog.java	Fri Jan 14 20:03:14 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/com/tmate/hgkit/ll/Changelog.java	Fri Jan 14 23:22:20 2011 +0100
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 	}
 
 	public void all(final Changeset.Inspector inspector) {
+		range(0, content.revisionCount() - 1, inspector);
+	}
+
+	public void range(int start, int end, final Changeset.Inspector inspector) {
 		Revlog.Inspector i = new Revlog.Inspector() {
 			
 			public void next(int revisionNumber, int actualLen, int baseRevision, int linkRevision, int parent1Revision, int parent2Revision, byte[] nodeid, byte[] data) {
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@
 				inspector.next(revisionNumber, Nodeid.fromBinary(nodeid, 0), cset);
 			}
 		};
-		content.iterate(0, content.revisionCount() - 1, true, i);
+		content.iterate(start, end, true, i);
 	}
 
 	public List<Changeset> range(int start, int end) {

--- a/src/com/tmate/hgkit/ll/HgDataFile.java	Fri Jan 14 20:03:14 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/com/tmate/hgkit/ll/HgDataFile.java	Fri Jan 14 23:22:20 2011 +0100
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@
 	}
 
 	public void history(Changeset.Inspector inspector) {
+		history(0, content.revisionCount() - 1, inspector);
+	}
+
+	public void history(int start, int end, Changeset.Inspector inspector) {
 		if (!exists()) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Can't get history of invalid repository file node"); 
 		}
-		final int[] commitRevisions = new int[content.revisionCount()];
+		final int[] commitRevisions = new int[end - start + 1];
 		Revlog.Inspector insp = new Revlog.Inspector() {
 			int count = 0;
 			
@@ -53,14 +57,10 @@
 				commitRevisions[count++] = linkRevision;
 			}
 		};
-		content.iterate(0, -1, false, insp);
+		content.iterate(start, end, false, insp);
 		getRepo().getChangelog().range(inspector, commitRevisions);
 	}
 
-	public void history(int start, int end, Changeset.Inspector i) {
-		throw HgRepository.notImplemented();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * XXX perhaps, return value Nodeid[2] and boolean needNodeids is better (and higher level) API for this query?
 	 *