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Re: [PATCH] git log [diff-tree options]...

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Apr 11, 2006, 00:50 UTC
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>>>>> "Petr" == Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

Petr> Dear diary, on Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:12:11AM CEST, I got a letter Petr> where Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> said that...

>> There is no reason for them to be *absolutely* identical

Petr> One is that people expect them to be. It's been implied that "git xyzzy" Petr> is functionally fully equivalent to "git-xyzzy" for too long to silently Petr> break this now.

Yes, this is what I was referencing. I would *never* have considered that git-log and "git log" be different things now that it's been firmly engrained that they are the same. Please don't violate the model.

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Message 18 of 22 in “git log [diff-tree options]...”
  1. git log [diff-tree options]...Junio C Hamano, Apr 9, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsApr 9, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 9, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsApr 9, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinApr 9, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinApr 9, 2006
  10. Timo HirvonenApr 9, 2006
  11. Johannes SchindelinApr 10, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2006
  13. Linus TorvaldsApr 10, 2006
  14. Johannes SchindelinApr 10, 2006
  15. Randal L. SchwartzApr 11, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2006
  17. Petr BaudisApr 11, 2006
  18. Randal L. SchwartzApr 11, 2006
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2006
  20. tree-diff: do not assume we use only one pathspecJunio C Hamano, Apr 10, 2006
  21. git log --full-diffJunio C Hamano, Apr 10, 2006
  22. Linus TorvaldsApr 10, 2006

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