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Re: 'show' pretty %B without a diff

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2010, 20:27 UTC
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On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe it would be worth adding a plumbing example under the EXAMPLES
> for each porcelain?

Since porcelain went to C, one thing I often do is checkout really old versions of git to see exactly what the shell version of a particular command did .

That way, I get a much better understanding of how a certain action is done at the plumbing level; complement that with the documentation for reference, and I'm 99% done.

Maybe that helps someone .
cheers,
m
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  5. Peter VereshaginDec 21, 2010
  6. Jakub NarebskiDec 21, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederDec 21, 2010
  8. Martin LanghoffDec 21, 2010
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