When calling "git fmt-patch HEAD~5", you now get the same as if you would have said "git fmt-patch HEAD~5..". This makes it easier for my fingers which are so used to the old syntax. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> --- I wonder: would it make sense to make add_pending_object() and get_reference() in revision.c non-static? builtin-diff.c | 2 +- builtin-log.c | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c index 636edbf..2087316 100644 --- a/builtin-diff.c +++ b/builtin-diff.c @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_combined(struct return 0; } -static void add_head(struct rev_info *revs) +void add_head(struct rev_info *revs) { unsigned char sha1[20]; struct object *obj; diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c index 0027998..d5bbc1c 100644 --- a/builtin-log.c +++ b/builtin-log.c @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ #include "revision.h" #include "log-tree.h" #include "builtin.h" +/* this is in builtin-diff.c */ +void add_head(struct rev_info *revs); + static int cmd_log_wc(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp, struct rev_info *rev) { @@ -185,6 +188,11 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha if (argc > 1) die ("unrecognized argument: %s", argv[1]); + if (rev.pending_objects && rev.pending_objects->next == NULL) { + rev.pending_objects->item->flags |= UNINTERESTING; + add_head(&rev); + } + if (!use_stdout) realstdout = fdopen(dup(1), "w"); -- 1.3.1.g9ba6-dirty - : 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