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From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: potential improvement to 'git log' with a range
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:45:07 -0400
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Speaking of which, I'd love a switch to "git show $merge_commit" which
>> does "git log $merge_commit^..$merge_commit^2" but I've been too lazy
>> to write it. 9/10 times that I use .., it's in this context. :-)
>
> Doesn't "git show -p --first-parent $merge" work for you?

I don't understand at all. Isn't -p redundant with git show? And how
is --first-parent $merge equivalent to
$merge_commit^..$merge_commit^2? I literally want a list of all the
commits brought in by the merge.

Confusedly yours,

j.