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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git diff --summary only seems to work when combined with --stat
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:03:04 -0600
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Hi Yves,

demerphq wrote:

> It seems like the --summary option only works in combination --stat.
> 
> It doesn't seem to work if I use it by itself, nor in combination with
> --name-status or --num-stat. And depending on the order, it either
> does nothing, or causes a usage note.

It is tricky, but as you noticed --summary is not actually about the
diffstat.  --summary affects the output summarizing new files and
renamed files.

Example:

	$ git diff --summary v1.7.2..v1.7.3
	delete mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.1.txt
	delete mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt
	[...]

> $ git diff --name-status --sumary HEAD^
> usage: git diff <options> <rev>{0,2} -- <path>*

There is an 'm' missing here. :)

Hope that helps,
Jonathan