Re: 'show' pretty %B without a diff
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
- Date
- Dec 21, 2010, 18:04 UTC
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- <20101221180459.GA25812@burratino>
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- <m38vzjl1yr.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
Jakub Narebski wrote:
> I guess that `-s' should be present also in git-show manpage.
It is mentioned in the examples section since v1.7.3.3~42. That manpage needs a rework in general, though.
> There is also `git log -1` (or `git log -1 --no-walk` for paranoid).
Or even "git diff-tree -s --pretty=%B <commit>" if that is the intent.
As much as a person might dislike plumbing, plumbing is git's current stable API. Maybe the libgit2 project will come up with something better[1]. Until then, I am happy to have some commands that avoid user-friendliness niceties (like implied "HEAD") that would create pitfalls when scripting.
Maybe it would be worth adding a plumbing example under the EXAMPLES for each porcelain? I can see that having to learn a second set of commands might make life hard (like scripting in the bourne shell when one is a csh user).
[1] I am pessimistic since that project has not made itself very visible for feedback from the git list or submitted changes back to git. It would be great to be surprised.