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Re: [PATCH] Add --filedirstat diff option

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 3, 2008, 00:12 UTC
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<20080903001254.GA12263@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 04:55:39PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "filedirstat" is simply too long to type, and it has a certain "Huh?"
> factor --- is it about file, or is it about directory?
I had the same thought when I saw the original patch...
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> This option essentially is just the dirstat but with different logic to
> compute how big the damage is.  Conceptually, the original one gives one
> "damage point" to each added or deleted line.
> 
>         $ git show --dirstat=<one-point-per-line>
...and I thought of --dirstat-byfile. So maybe:
  --dirstat=byfile
and
  --dirstat=byline
defaulting to byline (or by-line if preferred).
-Peff
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  1. Add --filedirstat diff optionHeikki Orsila, Sep 1, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2008
  3. Heikki OrsilaSep 2, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2008
  6. Heikki OrsilaSep 3, 2008
  7. Re* [PATCH] Add --filedirstat diff optionJunio C Hamano, Sep 3, 2008
  8. Heikki OrsilaSep 3, 2008
  9. Jeff KingSep 3, 2008
  10. Heikki OrsilaSep 3, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2008
  12. Jeff KingSep 3, 2008

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