{"thread":{"id":"9038","subject":"Confusing language in man page","startedAt":"2007-07-14T18:08:05Z","lastAt":"2007-07-15T21:25:42Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Satyam Sharma","Alex Riesen"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"47363","messageId":"a781481a0707141108g4664a627w94e0d21c3629cb49@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"9038","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Confusing language in man page","fromName":"Satyam Sharma","fromEmail":"satyam.sharma@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-07-14T18:08:05Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-14T18:08:05Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"satyam.sharma@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\n[ I'm using Fedora's latest package. ]\n\n>From git-checkout(1) and git-branch(1):\n\n-l     Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of\nall changes to made the\n       branch ref, enabling use of date\n\nI'd be glad if someone could explain that a bit more verbosely in the man page\n(or just here in a reply), or at least make that grammatically\ncorrect/readable :-)\n\nThanks,\nSatyam\n"},{"id":"47377","messageId":"a781481a0707141327k5b6f8f43sc6330ff8cc504dd1@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"9038","inReplyTo":"a781481a0707141108g4664a627w94e0d21c3629cb49@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Confusing language in man page","fromName":"Satyam Sharma","fromEmail":"satyam.sharma@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-07-14T20:27:52Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-14T20:27:52Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"satyam.sharma@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On 7/14/07, Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com> wrote:\n> Hi,\n>\n> [ I'm using Fedora's latest package. ]\n\nI should probably clarify:\n\n$ git --version\ngit version 1.5.0.6\n\nPerhaps man pages / functionality have been updated significantly\nsince that, so let me know if that's the case.\n\n> From git-checkout(1) and git-branch(1):\n>\n> -l     Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of\n> all changes to made the\n>        branch ref, enabling use of date\n>\n> I'd be glad if someone could explain that a bit more verbosely\n> in the man page\n> (or just here in a reply), or at least make that grammatically\n> correct/readable :-)\n\nOk, another confusion I hit (as I learn more about git) tonight:\n\n* What exactly is the use of git-diff's \"-p\" option?\n\n$ git diff\n\nand\n\n$ git diff -p\n\nproduce the same output / do the same thing -- the man page mentions\n\"Generate patch (see section on generating patches)\" but I couldn't find\nsaid section (is that referring to some other man page?)\n\n* On my system, doing:\n\n$ git diff\n\nwith no outstanding changes in my current working tree produces some\nbogus newlines, throwing the prompt to the bottom of the xterm window.\nThis sounds like weird / undesirable behaviour and I have a feeling must\nalready be fixed in latest git (?)\n\nThanks,\nSatyam\n"},{"id":"47410","messageId":"20070715094038.GE2568@steel.home","threadId":"9038","inReplyTo":"a781481a0707141327k5b6f8f43sc6330ff8cc504dd1@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Confusing language in man page","fromName":"Alex Riesen","fromEmail":"raa.lkml@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-07-15T09:40:38Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-15T09:40:38Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"raa.lkml@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/324101?v=4"},"body":"Satyam Sharma, Sat, Jul 14, 2007 22:27:52 +0200:\n> * On my system, doing:\n> \n> $ git diff\n> \n> with no outstanding changes in my current working tree produces some\n> bogus newlines, throwing the prompt to the bottom of the xterm window.\n> This sounds like weird / undesirable behaviour and I have a feeling must\n> already be fixed in latest git (?)\n\nIt is not git. It is the program less which git uses. The problem is\nknown to the author of less.\n"},{"id":"47458","messageId":"a781481a0707151425q11e35280rd0118ac9e122c55d@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"9038","inReplyTo":"20070715094038.GE2568@steel.home","subject":"Re: Confusing language in man page","fromName":"Satyam Sharma","fromEmail":"satyam.sharma@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-07-15T21:25:42Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-15T21:25:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"satyam.sharma@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On 7/15/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:\n> Satyam Sharma, Sat, Jul 14, 2007 22:27:52 +0200:\n\nOk, the first two were silly questions I got answered as I got to\nknow more about git automatically :-)\n\n> > * On my system, doing:\n> >\n> > $ git diff\n> >\n> > with no outstanding changes in my current working tree produces some\n> > bogus newlines, throwing the prompt to the bottom of the xterm window.\n> > This sounds like weird / undesirable behaviour and I have a feeling must\n> > already be fixed in latest git (?)\n>\n> It is not git. It is the program less which git uses. The problem is\n> known to the author of less.\n\nAs for this one, I sent out a mail to bug-less@ just in case -- it's a weird\nand annoying thing.\n\nThanks!\n"}]}