Re: confused git diff -G

From: Alexei Podtelezhnikov <apodtele@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 25, 2023, 03:43 UTC
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> > given to `-G`, like so:
> >
> >     $ git -C repo diff --stat HEAD^
> >      a | 1 +
> >      b | 1 +
> >      2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >     $ git -C repo diff --stat HEAD^ -G a
> >      a | 1 +
> >      1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >     $ git -C repo diff --stat HEAD^ -G b
> >      b | 1 +
> >      1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Never mind my last blurp, thank you for the explanation.

This is how I thought it works but the docs *^^$@%&$ for either git-log or git-diff: the example from diff but the text is from log. It could not be more confusing than this, not just might. If you want to share the text, it should be generic.