Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Ideally, we'd like 'git diff C^!' to show the same diff that 'git show C'
> > does (with log.showroot enabled). This gives easy access to a readable
> > diff for the commit, irrespective of how many parents it has and without
> > any trickery to remove the commit message from the git-show output.
>
> Not interested yet, as the "git show" discussion is not convincing at all.
Well, it is currently half-supported, diff doesn't complain about it,
yet it does something wildly different from what people expect in the
zero- and two-parent cases.
And yes, people expect this to work; searching the #git logs (I won't
link here as it takes a fair while even for one request) shows that
people such as Dscho, Thiago, Jakub and Björn have recommended this
syntax in the context of diff.
> Is the message annoying enough to warrant this change?
>
> If that is indeed the case and if it is a common thing to ask, isn't it
> more productive to teach "show" a way to do so in a simpler way than
> doing, say,
>
> $ git show --pretty=format: HEAD
That still doesn't get rid of the stray newline.
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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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