Re: diffstat wierdness with 'git format-patch' output

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 14, 2006, 06:09 UTC
Message-ID: <7vveviv5d1.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060214055648.GA592@kroah.com>

Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:

> Hm, in looking at it closer, it's probably the last two lines of the
> file, the signature that git format-patch adds to the message:
> 	-- 
> 	1.2.0

If that is the case, it's unfortunate that diffstat is broken and is not properly counting lines to tell which lines are part of the patch and which lines are not.

Have you tried "git apply --stat" instead?

> Any way to suppress these?

Sorry, there is no option to disable that, but the stuff is GPLv2 so you can do whatever ;-).

The string "-- \n" is an established convention to mark the beginning of the signature (or whatever inmaterial stuff that follow the message contents), so changing the marker is pointless -- if we want the option it should be to delete those two lines altogether.

I personally find it useful to see the trend of version of tools people use on the public mailing list, and that was the primary reason it is there.

Have you tried "git apply --stat --summary" instead?