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

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Dec 7, 2010, 06:53 UTC
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On 6 December 2010 22:03, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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?
Yves
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