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Re: What should I use instead of git show?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Mar 14, 2006, 03:09 UTC
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Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com> writes:
> Up until now, when I wanted to send a patch to someone with the
> associated changelog, I just did a git log to find the changelog sha1
> then a git show to get the goods.  How am I supposed to do that now?

"git show" is fine and it is still there, but there is a command designed specifically for that purpose: format-patch.

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  1. Olivier GalibertMar 13, 2006
  2. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiMar 13, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsMar 13, 2006
  4. Olivier GalibertMar 13, 2006
  5. Mark HollomonMar 13, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2006
  7. Mark HollomonMar 14, 2006
  8. Olivier GalibertMar 13, 2006
  9. Paul MackerrasMar 20, 2006
  10. Olivier GalibertMar 20, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2006

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