Name/documentation on git-log --full-diff is insufficient

[Phil Miller <mille121@illinois.edu>]

I've been trying for a few days to figure out how to see all the files
touched in all the commits that changed a particular path. I just
discovered that that 'git log --full-diff --stat path' gives me the
complete list of files changed in the displayed commits, and not just
the files matching path. Reading the documentation, I figured that it
either only applied when running 'git log -p' or that it implied the
'-p', neither of which was desirable.

Thus, I'd suggest a couple potential improvements:
1. Expand the manual text to clarify that --full-diff really means
'tell me about all of the files in the commits that I see' regardless
of what information (a list of files, a diffstat, or a full diff) is
being printed about those files
2. Add a synonym with a more general name. Something like --all-files
would be close to the mark, though there are probably other more
suitable names.

Phil

PS: I sent in a patch for git-cvsserver a week ago, and have seen no
response or action on it. Is there something I should have done
differently?
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/132789