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doc bug for git-patch-id ?

Subject: doc bug for git-patch-id ?

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2 messages between May 21, 2012 and May 21, 2012.

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David Bremner· May 21, 2012, 13:37 UTC · lore

I just discovered that 
  
  git log -p $ref | git patch-id

works in place of a corresponding loop using git show | git patch-id

This makes a script I'm hacking on about 10 times faster.

Am I correct in thinking this should be documented better in the man page? At least the intent of the source "generate_id_list" seems to be to support multiple patches on stdin.

I can probably work up a doc patch; of course if somebody else actually knows what the doc should say is welcome to write it ;).

David

Junio C Hamano· May 21, 2012, 22:15 UTC · re: David Bremner · lore

Re: doc bug for git-patch-id ?

David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:

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> I just discovered that 
>   
>   git log -p $ref | git patch-id 
>
> works in place of a corresponding loop using git show | git patch-id

I think it has been designed to work that way from very early days. Patches to clarify documentation, if the current one is lacking, is very much welcomed.

Thanks.