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Re: [PATCH] config option core.showroot to enable showing the diff of the root commit

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Nov 23, 2006, 20:52 UTC
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Peter Baumann <Peter.B.Baumann@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

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> This allows one to see the root commit as a diff in commands like git-log,
> git-show and git-whatchanged. It also modifies git-diff-tree to act as --root
> was specified on the commandline. The default is set to true.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Baumann <Peter.B.Baumannn@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
> ---
> I'm not sure if making core.showroot acting on git-diff-tree is the
> right thing to do. Please check first bevore applying.

I agree that this "use --root by default" belongs to Porcelain layer, not the plumbing. We would probably want to do this in the same way as we do the color in diff.c::git_diff_ui_config().

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  22. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2006
  23. Jakub NarebskiNov 21, 2006
  24. Andy ParkinsNov 23, 2006
  25. Jakub NarebskiNov 24, 2006
  26. config option core.showroot to enable showing the diff of the root commitPeter Baumann, Nov 23, 2006
  27. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2006
  28. Peter BaumannNov 23, 2006
  29. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2006
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  34. Carl WorthNov 21, 2006
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