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What's the -s switch in git show?

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WHWill Hall <will@gnatter.net>
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Nov 9, 2010, 16:15 UTC
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I know this should be obvious but I can't find *any* reference to this in git show --help

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Message 11 of 17 in “More consistant terminology”
  1. 00/10 More consistant terminologyMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  2. 01/10 Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-statusMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  3. 02/10 Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  4. 03/10 Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial placesMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  5. 04/10 everyday.txt: change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  6. 05/10 Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  7. Santi BéjarNov 2, 2010
  8. Forgotten 'tracking' -> 'remote-tracking'Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  9. 06/10 Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  10. 07/10 Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C codeMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  11. What's the -s switch in git show?Will Hall, Nov 9, 2010
  12. Documentation: document show -sJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2010
  13. 08/10 user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch termsMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  14. Peter KreftingNov 2, 2010
  15. user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch termsMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  16. 09/10 user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEADMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  17. 10/10 git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configurationMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010

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