From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Nathan W. Panike" Subject: [PATCH] Get format-patch to show first commit after root commit Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:35:25 -0600 Message-ID: <1231529725-19767-1-git-send-email-nathan.panike@gmail.com> Cc: "Nathan W. Panike" To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jan 09 20:37:02 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LLNAD-00043Y-6X for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:01 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751928AbZAITfi (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:35:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751676AbZAITfi (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:35:38 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:57873 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751583AbZAITfh (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:35:37 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 39so56832ugf.37 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:35:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:x-mailer; bh=8nlx4r9xXmbpjxqDjz6EVYWclyc+BTCgwAG0/kIYIOk=; b=tQxVQzWB1cstu0gzWLe4eb3Mzwi5dHPhuJF1YJnPSAek7a1vPzb3lSHIbBQGTkl1JA 8jfJQbmQT/W2YwataLHJ1wa7G4RUOliaNqfqzOpvUnbao97Fxf3OdBaFt2o1HNWXqVlr 3k4qo7vfWkkpvkXY/okQkwByZNeZQCCg6hTDI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer; b=waM5gJ4FpJK/9t90+bRI4Gidnf1mh/HK5sngUu48pOJ8QPjWpqFUMnbcGM/PHnS0uW Xeo6ZUe+zyDQOauApucEA3Yk0nI6aqt0rj/NE2Djprio7VFI0vAlyFHHaeD/xTRWGvk3 dZ5KixpGHlKoBd+Zej02yUdRTwm4sl7Fu7ATU= Received: by 10.67.95.1 with SMTP id x1mr15198757ugl.17.1231529735783; Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:35:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dyn-108-77.uwnet.wisc.edu [72.33.108.77]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b39sm63517247ugf.38.2009.01.09.11.35.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:35:35 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.1.76.gc123b.dirty Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Currently, the command git format-patch -1 e83c5163316f89bfbde in the git repository creates an empty file. Instead, one is forced to do git format-patch -1 --root e83c5163316f89bfbde This seems arbitrary. This patch fixes this case, so that git format-patch -1 e83c5163316f89bfbde will produce an actual patch. --- builtin-log.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c index 4a02ee9..5e7b61f 100644 --- a/builtin-log.c +++ b/builtin-log.c @@ -977,6 +977,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) list[nr - 1] = commit; } total = nr; + if (total == 1 && !list[0]->parents) + rev.show_root_diff=1; if (!keep_subject && auto_number && total > 1) numbered = 1; if (numbered) -- 1.6.1.76.gc123b.dirty