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

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Apr 9, 2006, 16:53 UTC
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On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> And this makes "git log" to take common diff-tree options, so
> that it can be used as "git whatchanged".

I wonder... This all looks fine, but there are actually two different "diffs" that can be shown for "git log --diff <pathlimiter>":

 - the whole diff for a commit
 - the path-limited diff

and I think we'd likely want to have some way to select the output. Probably with the path-limited diff being the default (that's what "git-whatchanged" does), but perhaps with "--full-diff" showing the whole commit diff (which is what "gitk" does).

		Linus
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  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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