Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > git-diff-tree without --root is absolutely silent for the root commit, > and i see no bad effects of --root on non-root commits. are there any > hidden gotchas? IOW, why is the --root behavior not the default? Because tools that was written before you proposed that change expect to see nothing for the root commit, and then you are suddenly breaking their expectations? -- 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