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[PATCH 0/2] improving "git stash list -p"

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 29, 2014, 11:53 UTC
Message-ID
<20140729115334.GA8976@peff.net>
Imagine you have a simple stash like:
  git init
  echo base >file && git add file && git commit -m file
  echo new >file
  git stash
Before this series:
  $ git stash list -p
  stash@{0}: WIP on master: 7a1fd22 file

Er, what? It didn't give me a patch. Oh, that's because stashes are merge commits, and we need to tell it how to handle merges.

  $ git stash list -p --cc
  stash@{0}: WIP on master: 7a1fd22 file
  diff --cc file
  index df967b9,df967b9..3e75765
  --- a/file
  +++ b/file
  @@@ -1,1 -1,1 +1,1 @@@
  --base
  ++new

Better, though the combined diff is useless, since I didn't touch the index at all. Here it is after this series:

  $ git stash list -p
  stash@{0}: WIP on master: 7a1fd22 file
  diff --cc file
  index df967b9..3e75765
  --- a/file
  +++ b/file
  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
  -base
  +new
Ah, a nice readable diff with no hassle.
  [1/2]: add --simplify-combined-diff option
  [2/2]: stash: default listing to "--cc --simplify-combined-diff"
-Peff
Next: Jeff King
Message 1 of 20 in “improving "git stash list -p"”
  1. 0/2 improving "git stash list -p"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  2. 1/2 add --simplify-combined-diff optionJeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  3. Jeff KingJul 29, 2014
  4. 2/2 stash: default listing to "--cc --simplify-combined-diff"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  5. 3/2 stash: show combined diff with "stash show"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2014
  7. Jeff KingJul 31, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2014
  9. 0/6 improving "git stash list -p"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  10. 1/6 revision: drop useless string offset when parsing "--pretty"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  11. 2/6 pretty: treat "--format=" as an empty userformatJeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  12. 3/6 pretty: make empty userformats truly emptyJeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  13. 4/6 add --simplify-combined-diff optionJeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2014
  15. 5/6 stash: default listing to "--cc --simplify-combined-diff"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2014
  18. Jeff KingJul 31, 2014
  19. Keller, Jacob EAug 12, 2014
  20. 6/6 stash: show combined diff with "stash show"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2014

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