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Re: "git diff --stat" doesn't show added empty file

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 12, 2009, 12:19 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0901121319210.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<46dff0320901111936h6343e51fo94750d83e95743dc@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Ping Yin wrote:
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> $ git --version
> git version 1.6.1.9.g97c34
> $ mkdir test && cd test && git init && git commit --allow-empty -m
> "Initial commit"
> $ touch .gitignore && git add .gitignore && git commit -m "Add empty .gitignore"
> $ git diff --stat HEAD^..
>  0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> May be the following is better?
> 
>  .gitignore |    0 +
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Have fun coding that.

Ciao, Dscho

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  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 12, 2009
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  5. Linus TorvaldsJan 12, 2009
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