On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > maybe this is deliberate, but it's confusing that, with git 2.17.0, > the output of both "git log -h" and "git show -h" is exactly the same: > > $ git log -h > usage: git log [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...] > or: git show [<options>] <object>... > > -q, --quiet suppress diff output > --source show source > --use-mailmap Use mail map file > --decorate-refs <pattern> > only decorate refs that match <pattern> > --decorate-refs-exclude <pattern> > do not decorate refs that match <pattern> > --decorate[=...] decorate options > -L <n,m:file> Process line range n,m in file, counting from 1 > $ > > is that what's *supposed* to happen? I would think so, show is just "log -p" with the range clamped down to <object>^..<object>. It's been in the code like that for a couple years by now, e.g. see e66dc0cc4b1a6 log.c: fix translation markings, 2015-01-06