Mark Hollomon <markhollomon@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I must be misunderstanding this: > > git whatchanged -p -1 HEAD > > in the current git tree results in nothing. only when I get to -5 does it show something. > > Is this expected? > >> git version > git version 1.2.4.gea75 In this case what matterks is not the version of your git but what that HEAD is. If it is a merge commit, whatchanged -p does not show anything by default. - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html