From: Jeff Garzik Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:49:54 GMT Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Message-ID: <48B5E822.1020901@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> I use it to spit out a patch for a specific commit: >> >> git-diff-tree -p $COMMIT > > Use > > git show $COMMIT > > instead, which is shorter and gives you the log too, and uses a pager by > default. And defaults to HEAD, so you don't even need to say $COMMIT if > you want to see the top one. IOW, much nicer is so many ways. > > Yeah, the "much nicer" obviously does mean "different". If you _rely_ on > the fact that you don't get a pager (you just want to scroll youself), or > you really don't want to see what the commit message was all about, then > 'git diff-tree' is obviously "better". 'git show' is quite sufficient, as long as I can pipe its output into patch(1) or write it to a foo.patch file, which appears to be the case. git-diff-tree -p was from the old days; I readily admit being a git old-timer :) Anything that reduces my typing is great, and 'git show' is certainly an improvement in that regard. Jeff, typing with a sprained finger (puppies can be a handful)