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Re: [PATCH] Document the -p option for git-show.

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VMiklos <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Aug 21, 2007, 14:29 UTC
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<20070821142915.GI768@genesis.frugalware.org>
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Hello,
Na Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:09:48PM +0200, Johannes Sixt <J.Sixt@eudaptics.com> pisal(a):
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> This is already documented by referencing git-diff-tree a few lines
> above:
> 
> 	The command takes options applicable to the git-diff-tree[1]
> 	command to control how the changes the commit introduces are
> 	shown.
> (..)
> Side note: -p is the default for git-show (of commits). Nevertheless, it
> makes sense to specify it in combination with other options:
> 
> 	git show -p --stat
> 
> will show both the patch and the statistics.

Hm, but -p is used by default for git show, right? And this is not documented anywhere IMHO. (Maybe other options are used by default, too?)

- VMiklos
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Message 6 of 11 in “Getting a file revision”
  1. Bahadir BalbanAug 19, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2007
  3. Jerome LovyAug 20, 2007
  4. Document the -p option for git-show.Miklos Vajna, Aug 21, 2007
  5. Johannes SixtAug 21, 2007
  6. VMiklosAug 21, 2007
  7. David KastrupAug 21, 2007
  8. Robin RosenbergAug 21, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2007
  10. Robin RosenbergAug 21, 2007
  11. J. Bruce FieldsAug 19, 2007

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