Re: how to trace the patch?

[sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>]

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:06:09 +0800
Aubrey <aubreylee@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I update the kernel git tree a few days later, you know, there
> could be a lot of patches. Then I found one file changed, how can I
> know which patch the modification belong to?
> How can I find the patch?

Hi Aubrey,

$ git log -- <filename>

To see a list of commits that affected the file you're interested in.

$ git log -p -- <filename>

Will include a diff after each commit showing you how the file was
changed.  And if you want to see what other changes happened in each
commit that modified your file, add "--full-diff" to the command above.

Note that you can also replace the <filename> with a <directory> 
to see a list of commits that affected any file below that directory.

HTH,
Sean