Re: git diff --summary only seems to work when combined with --stat

> On 6 December 2010 22:03, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Yves,
>>
>> demerphq wrote:
>>
>>> It seems like the --summary option only works in combination --stat.
>>>
>>> It doesn't seem to work if I use it by itself, nor in combination with
>>> --name-status or --num-stat. And depending on the order, it either
>>> does nothing, or causes a usage note.
>>
>> It is tricky, but as you noticed --summary is not actually about the
>> diffstat.  --summary affects the output summarizing new files and
>> renamed files.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>>        $ git diff --summary v1.7.2..v1.7.3
>>        delete mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.1.txt
>>        delete mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt
>>        [...]
>>
>>> $ git diff --name-status --sumary HEAD^
>>> usage: git diff <options> <rev>{0,2} -- <path>*
>>
>> There is an 'm' missing here. :)
>
> Thanks for your reply. It turns out that was a mis-paste. I tried both
> splelings of summary. ;-)
>
> And none of them produce output.
>
> $ git diff --summary HEAD^..HEAD
> $ git diff --summary HEAD^^..HEAD
> $ git diff --summary HEAD..HEAD^
> $ git diff --summary HEAD^
>
> So why does it work for you but not for me?