Re: [BUG] In git-log, --name-status flag overrides the --patch flag

From: Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 21, 2020, 13:16 UTC
Message-ID: <X+CgJCj7/tadldUg@danh.dev>
In-Reply-To: <CAFDeuWOit1vKUT38Uvbj2wAsb5CBo59p2h=SE6FGNb6XGOGG-w@mail.gmail.com>

On 2020-12-20 01:23:05-0300, Érico Rolim <erico.erc@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi!
> 
> When using the command
> 
>   git log --patch --name-status
> 
> It seems the name-status flag somehow overrides the patch flag, by which I mean
> that I get the same output as simply running
> 
>   git log --name-status
> 
> It would be nice for the combination of these two flags to work, as it would
> allow one to view both a summary of changed files as well as the changes
> themselves, at the same time.

I'm not arguing if this your expectation is make sense or not, however, the Documentation says something about "Show only"...

Anyway, --patch-with-raw provides more information than --patch --name-status combined. I guess it's too much information?

-- 
Danh