On Thu, 24 May 2018, Stefan Beller wrote:
> 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
ah, very well, it just caught me by surprise.
rday
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