On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Ping Yin wrote: > $ git diff --stat HEAD^.. > 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) In the kernel, we use "git diff --stat --summary" for exactly this reason. Well, not exactly. The thing is, even if the file is _not_ empty, there's a huge difference between "added 100 lines to an already-existing file" and "created a new 100-line file". Which is exactly what "--summary" adds. And it sometimes even makes sense to show the summary without the diffstat. If you're _only_ interested in create/delete/rename information, you can do "git show --summary <cmit>". It won't give you line counts, but it will give you information about any changes to filenames, eg in the kernel archive, you could see an example of this with git show -M --summary 95b482a8d31116f3f5c2a5089569393234d06385 where you have a combination of renames, creates and deletes. So I think it's already better than what you ask for. Linus -- 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
