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Re: Bug in "git show"?

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Jul 15, 2013, 12:12 UTC
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Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com> writes:
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> However I sometimes also get:
> sb@sb:~/OSS/git$ git show --format="%ad" 0da7a53
> Fri Jul 12 10:49:34 2013 -0700
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt
> b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt
> index 0e50df8..4250e5a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt

"git show" will show the diff by default. For merge commits, it shows the --cc diff which is often empty, hence the behavior you see.

You want to use "git show -s", which suppresses the patch output.
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  1. Stefan BellerJul 15, 2013
  2. Matthieu MoyJul 15, 2013
  3. Stefan BellerJul 15, 2013
  4. 0/5 Make "git show -s" easier to discover for usersMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  5. 1/5 diff: allow --no-patch as synonym for -sMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  6. 2/5 diff: allow --patch to override -s/--no-patchMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2013
  8. Matthieu MoyJul 15, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2013
  10. 0/5 Make "git show -s" easier to discover for usersMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  11. 1/5 diff: allow --no-patch as synonym for -sMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  12. Jonathan NiederJul 15, 2013
  13. 0/6 Make "git show -s" easier to discover for usersMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  14. 1/6 t4000-diff-format.sh: modernize styleMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  15. Jonathan NiederJul 15, 2013
  16. 2/6 diff: allow --no-patch as synonym for -sMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  17. 3/6 diff: allow --patch & cie to override -s/--no-patchMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  18. Jonathan NiederJul 15, 2013
  19. Matthieu MoyJul 15, 2013
  20. Jonathan NiederJul 15, 2013
  21. 0/6 Make "git show -s" easier to discover for usersMatthieu Moy, Jul 16, 2013
  22. 1/6 t4000-diff-format.sh: modernize styleMatthieu Moy, Jul 16, 2013
  23. 2/6 diff: allow --no-patch as synonym for -sMatthieu Moy, Jul 16, 2013
  24. 3/6 diff: allow --patch & cie to override -s/--no-patchMatthieu Moy, Jul 16, 2013
  25. 4/6 Documentation/git-show.txt: include common diff options, like git-log.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 16, 2013
  26. 5/6 Documentation: move description of -s, --no-patch to diff-options.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 16, 2013
  27. 6/6 Documentation/git-log.txt: capitalize section namesMatthieu Moy, Jul 16, 2013
  28. Jonathan NiederJul 16, 2013
  29. Stefan BellerJul 16, 2013
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2013
  31. 4/6 Documentation/git-show.txt: include common diff options, like git-log.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  32. 5/6 Documentation: move description of -s, --no-patch to diff-options.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  33. 6/6 Documentation/git-log.txt: capitalize section namesMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  34. Jonathan NiederJul 15, 2013
  35. 2/5 diff: allow --patch & cie to override -s/--no-patchMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  36. 3/5 Documentation/git-show.txt: include common diff options, like git-log.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  37. 4/5 Documentation: move description of -s, --no-patch to diff-options.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  38. 5/5 Documentation/git-log.txt: capitalize section namesMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  39. 3/5 Documentation/git-show.txt: include common diff options, like git-log.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2013
  41. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2013
  42. 4/5 Documentation: move description of -s, --no-patch to diff-options.txtMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013
  43. 5/5 Documentation/git-log.txt: capitalize section namesMatthieu Moy, Jul 15, 2013

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