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Re: Make 'git show' more useful

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 13, 2009, 23:42 UTC
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Hi,
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> For some reason, I ended up doing
> 
> 	git show HEAD~5..
> 
> as an odd way of asking for a log. I realize I should just have used "git 
> log", but at the same time it does make perfect conceptual sense.

For some reason, I wrote exactly this patch some time ago, but I forgot why I did not send it. Probably because I did not want to appear as a total moron in public. Which apparently I end up doing anyway.

So count me in on the supporters' side of this patch, Dscho

Previous: Johannes Schindelin
Message 17 of 17 in “Make 'git show' more useful”
  1. Linus TorvaldsJul 13, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2009
  3. Re: Make 'git show' more usefulPaolo Bonzini, Jul 13, 2009
  4. Linus TorvaldsJul 14, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 14, 2009
  6. Linus TorvaldsJul 14, 2009
  7. Paolo BonziniJul 14, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 14, 2009
  9. t4202-log.sh: Test git log --no-walk sort orderMichael J Gruber, Jul 14, 2009
  10. Johannes SixtJul 14, 2009
  11. Michael J GruberJul 14, 2009
  12. [PATCHv2] t4202-log.sh: Test git log --no-walk sort orderMichael J Gruber, Jul 14, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinJul 14, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberJul 14, 2009
  15. t4202-log.sh: Test git log --no-walk sort orderMichael J Gruber, Jul 17, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 13, 2009

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