From: Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Junio Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>,
Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4] Documentation fix: git log -p does not imply -c.
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:49:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1299545378-22036-1-git-send-email-haircut@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vsjuyzckd.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Relates to the thread with subject "frustrated forensics: hard to find
diff that undid a fix" on the git mailing list.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168481
I don't wish for anyone to repeat my bungled forensics episode.
Hopefully this will help others git along happily.
See also:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/89415
Signed-off-by: Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com>
---
Junio wrote:
> s/produced/produce/, I think.
Ah, indeed. Fixed, thanks.
I also sidestepped the difference between merge commits and conflicts by
changing the wording slightly.
Your changes to the "Note" seemed helpful, I put them in. Thanks!
Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt | 11 +++++++----
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index 3ac2bea..c57460c 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -74,10 +74,13 @@ separate lines indicate the old and the new mode.
combined diff format
--------------------
-"git-diff-tree", "git-diff-files" and "git-diff" can take '-c' or
-'--cc' option to produce 'combined diff'. For showing a merge commit
-with "git log -p", this is the default format; you can force showing
-full diff with the '-m' option.
+Any diff-generating command can take the `-c` or `--cc` option to
+produce a 'combined diff' when showing a merge. This is the default
+format when showing merges with linkgit:git-diff[1] or
+linkgit:git-show[1]. Note also that you can give the `-m' option to any
+of these commands to force generation of diffs with individual parents
+of a merge.
+
A 'combined diff' format looks like this:
------------
--
1.7.2.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-08 0:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-05 6:20 frustrated forensics: hard to find diff that undid a fix Adam Monsen
2011-03-05 10:00 ` Jonathan del Strother
2011-03-05 11:33 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-03-05 12:51 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-03-05 13:48 ` Jeff King
2011-03-05 14:34 ` Adam Monsen
2011-03-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 0/2] improve combined diff documentation Adam Monsen
2011-03-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 1/2] documentation fix: git log -p does not imply -c Adam Monsen
2011-03-07 0:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-07 15:47 ` Jeff King
2011-03-07 18:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-07 19:12 ` Jeff King
2011-03-07 21:57 ` [PATCH v3] Documentation " Adam Monsen
2011-03-08 0:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-08 0:49 ` Adam Monsen [this message]
2011-03-08 19:43 ` [PATCH v4] " Junio C Hamano
2011-03-08 20:46 ` Adam Monsen
2011-03-09 0:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-09 21:25 ` Adam Monsen
2011-03-09 21:27 ` [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: clean up commit message tips Adam Monsen
2011-03-09 22:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-08 20:51 ` [PATCH v5] diff format documentation: clarify --cc and -c Adam Monsen
2011-03-08 21:03 ` [PATCH v6] " Adam Monsen
2011-03-08 1:19 ` [PATCH v3] Documentation fix: git log -p does not imply -c Jeff King
2011-03-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 2/2] English grammar fixes for combined diff doc Adam Monsen
2011-03-05 14:29 ` frustrated forensics: hard to find diff that undid a fix Martin von Zweigbergk
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