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[PATCH] Documentation/git-log: Clarify --full-diff

From
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Aug 8, 2010, 15:31 UTC
Message-ID
<4acdfd58d0ff4aa6b55dab4d4233f55c1b753b5e.1281281303.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To
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The current description gives the impression that "--full-diff" affects "log -p" only.

Make it clearer that it affects all diff-based output types.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
---
 Documentation/git-log.txt |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index e970664..c213bdb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
 	the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
 	commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
++
+Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
+produced by --stat etc.
 
 --log-size::
 	Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
-- 
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