From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:37:22 GMT Subject: Re: git log -p unexpected behaviour - security risk? Message-ID: <7va9ogezzx.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: John Szakmeister writes: >> When I added -c/--cc, I contemplated making -p imply --cc, but >> decided against it primarily because it is a change in traditional >> behaviour, and it is easy for users to say --cc instead of -p from >> the command line. > > FWIW, security aside, I would've like to have seen that. I find it > confusing that merge commits that introduce code don't have a diff > shown when using -p. And I find it hard to remember --cc. BTW, > what's the mnemonic for it? -p => patch, --cc => ? Compact combined. By the way, these options are _not_ about "showing merge commits that introduce code", and they do not help your kind of "security". As I repeatedly said, you would need "-p -m" for that.