The --root option from "git diff-tree" won't do nothing when is given to commands like git-whatchanged or git-log, because those always print the initial commit by default.
This fixes the tutorial explaining the function of the log.showroot configuration variable.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com> --- Documentation/core-tutorial.txt | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt index aa40dfd..5a55312 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt @@ -535,18 +535,18 @@ with the associated patches use the more complex (and much more powerful) ---------------- -$ git-whatchanged -p --root +$ git-whatchanged -p ---------------- and you will see exactly what has changed in the repository over its short history. [NOTE] -The `\--root` flag is a flag to `git-diff-tree` to tell it to -show the initial aka 'root' commit too. Normally you'd probably not -want to see the initial import diff, but since the tutorial project -was started from scratch and is so small, we use it to make the result -a bit more interesting. +When using the above two commands, the initial commit will be shown. +If this is a problem because it is huge, you can hide it by setting +the log.showroot configuration variable to false. Having this, you +can still show it for each command just adding the `\--root` option, +which is a flag for `git-diff-tree` accepted by both commands. With that, you should now be having some inkling of what git does, and can explore on your own.
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