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Re: [PATCH] git-rev-list(1): group options; reformat; document more options

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Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Date
Aug 31, 2006, 23:08 UTC
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<20060831230811.GE482@diku.dk>
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote Thu, Aug 31, 2006:
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> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Jonas Fonseca wrote:
> >
> > An attempted facelift to the neglected git-rev-list manpage. One
> > question if I may, the diff-related -r and -t options, how are they
> > supposed to work?
> 
> Umm? You should get a "usage" error, no?

Yes, ok, they do not seem to make sense for git-rev-list, however if you pass either to git-log, the output seems to make room for a diff, adding one extra newline, but without appending any diff.

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Jonas Fonseca
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  1. git-rev-list(1): group options; reformat; document more optionsJonas Fonseca, Aug 31, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsAug 31, 2006
  3. Jonas FonsecaAug 31, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsAug 31, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2006
  6. Jonas FonsecaSep 1, 2006

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