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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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