From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:36:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Commit-ish shortcut for immediate parent range
Message-ID: <7v8xj72a9k.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <ehgrj9$8u9$1@sea.gmane.org>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
>> 
>>> BTW. what does "recursive diff" mean (in git)?
>> 
>> AFAIU it means that the diff code recurses into subdirectories.
>
> When git-diff _doesn't_ recurse into subdirectories?

When it is not told to.

The Porcelainish commands (git-diff, git-show) default to
recursive, but low-level commands don't.

Compare these three:

	git diff --raw v1.4.3.1^^^..v1.4.3.1^^
	git diff-tree v1.4.3.1^^^..v1.4.3.1^^
	git diff-tree -r v1.4.3.1^^^..v1.4.3.1^^