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Re: [PATCH] git-rev-list(1): group options; reformat; document more options

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Aug 31, 2006, 23:15 UTC
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Jonas Fonseca wrote:
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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote Thu, Aug 31, 2006:
> > 
> > Umm? You should get a "usage" error, no?
> 
> Yes, ok, they do not seem to make sense for git-rev-list, however if you
> pass either to git-log, the output seems to make room for a diff, adding
> one extra newline, but without appending any diff.

Ahh. I think that a "-r" without any other request for patches (or "--name-status" or similar) should probably imply "--raw". At least that was how it historically worked..

Anyway, _if_ it ever worked (and I think it did, but I'm way too lazy to bother checking), this may have been broken by the extensive diff option cleanups by Timo in June. Timo? Junio?

			Linus
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  1. git-rev-list(1): group options; reformat; document more optionsJonas Fonseca, Aug 31, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsAug 31, 2006
  3. Jonas FonsecaAug 31, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsAug 31, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2006
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