Re: [PATCH] Revert 'diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p"'

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 8, 2021, 17:55 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqeeb3hlcq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <YQ2UFmCxRKNMOtrD@google.com>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> For example, 1e20a407 (stash list: stop passing "-m" to "git log",
>> 2021-05-21) that dropped "-m" must be reverted as well, no?
>
> No, that change is fine.  The "-m" doesn't have an effect one way or
> another after this revert.

Ah, we are saved by the fact that "--first-parent" was made to imply "-m", so a "-p" coming from the command line of "git stash list" would do "log --first-parent -p" that shows the patch we want without the need for "-m"... nice.

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