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Re: [PATCH v4] log,diff-tree: add --combined-all-names option

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2019, 21:20 UTC
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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

There is one place that says combined-all-paths, and everywhere else it says combined-all-names. The former is probably techincally more correct, I think ;-)

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> The combined diff format for merges will only list one filename, even if
> rename or copy detection is active.  For example, with raw format one
> might see:
>
>   ::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8 cc95eb0 4866510 MM	describe.c
>   ::100755 100755 100755 52b7a2d 6d1ac04 d2ac7d7 RM	bar.sh
>   ::100644 100644 100644 e07d6c5 9042e82 ee91881 RR	phooey.c
>
> This doesn't let us know what the original name of bar.sh was in the
> first parent, and doesn't let us know what either of the original names
> of phooey.c were in either of the parents.  In contrast, for non-merge
> commits, raw format does provide original filenames (and a rename score
> to boot).  In order to also provide original filenames for merge
> commits, add a --combined-all-names option (which must be used with
> either -c or --cc, and is likely only useful with rename or copy
> detection active) so that we can print tab-separated filenames when
> renames are involved.  This transforms the above output to:
>
>   ::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8 cc95eb0 4866510 MM	desc.c	desc.c	desc.c
>   ::100755 100755 100755 52b7a2d 6d1ac04 d2ac7d7 RM	foo.sh	bar.sh	bar.sh
>   ::100644 100644 100644 e07d6c5 9042e82 ee91881 RR	fooey.c	fuey.c	phooey.c
>
> Further, in patch format, this changes the from/to headers so that
> instead of just having one "from" header, we get one for each parent.
> For example, instead of having
>
>   --- a/phooey.c
>   +++ b/phooey.c
>
> we would see
>
>   --- a/fooey.c
>   --- a/fuey.c
>   +++ b/phooey.c

Do we have the three "rename from fooey.c", "rename from fuey.c" and "rename to "phooey.c" extended headers, too? That's what I meant in my response, but I do like what I see in the above example ;-)

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> -. single path, only for "dst"
> +. tab-separated pathname(s) of the file
>  
> -Example:
> +For `-c` and `--cc`, only the destination or final path is shown even
> +if the file was renamed on any side of history.  With
> +`--combined-all-names`, the name of the path in each parent is shown
> +followed by the name of the path in the merge commit.
> +
> +Examples for `-c` and `-cc` without `--combined-all-names`:
> +------------------------------------------------
> +::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8 cc95eb0 4866510 MM	desc.c
> +::100755 100755 100755 52b7a2d 6d1ac04 d2ac7d7 RM	bar.sh
> +::100644 100644 100644 e07d6c5 9042e82 ee91881 RR	phooey.c
> +------------------------------------------------
> +
> +Examples when `--combined-all-names` added to either `-c` or `--cc`:
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Message 14 of 39 in “log,diff-tree: add --combined-with-paths options for merges with renames”
  1. log,diff-tree: add --combined-with-paths options for merges with renamesElijah Newren, Jan 24, 2019
  2. brian m. carlsonJan 25, 2019
  3. Elijah NewrenJan 25, 2019
  4. Derrick StoleeJan 25, 2019
  5. Elijah NewrenJan 25, 2019
  6. log,diff-tree: add --combined-with-paths options for merges with renamesElijah Newren, Jan 25, 2019
  7. Derrick StoleeJan 25, 2019
  8. Elijah NewrenJan 25, 2019
  9. Eric SunshineJan 25, 2019
  10. Elijah NewrenJan 26, 2019
  11. brian m. carlsonJan 27, 2019
  12. log,diff-tree: add --combined-all-names optionElijah Newren, Jan 26, 2019
  13. log,diff-tree: add --combined-all-names optionElijah Newren, Feb 4, 2019
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2019
  15. Elijah NewrenFeb 5, 2019
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2019
  17. Elijah NewrenFeb 7, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  19. Elijah NewrenFeb 7, 2019
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  21. Elijah NewrenFeb 7, 2019
  22. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2019
  23. Elijah NewrenFeb 5, 2019
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2019
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  26. Elijah NewrenFeb 7, 2019
  27. 0/2 add --combined-all-paths option to log and diff-treeElijah Newren, Feb 8, 2019
  28. 2/2 squash! log,diff-tree: add --combined-all-paths optionElijah Newren, Feb 8, 2019
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2019
  30. Elijah NewrenFeb 8, 2019
  31. 1/2 log,diff-tree: add --combined-all-paths optionElijah Newren, Feb 8, 2019
  32. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2019
  33. Elijah NewrenFeb 8, 2019
  34. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2019
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2019
  36. Elijah NewrenJan 25, 2019
  37. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2019
  38. Elijah NewrenJan 26, 2019
  39. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2019

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