On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:18:26AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 06:22:58PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > And as usual, the diff options work fine with "git log" too, so you can do > > > > git log -M --stat --summary > > > > and it will do the right thing. Look at your ae0dadcf.. commit, for > > example. > > > > Btw, the _one_ thing to be careful about is that when you generate a real > > patch with "-M", if that patch actually has a rename, then only "git > > apply" will be able to apply it correctly, and if somebody uses a regular > > "patch" program to apply it, they'll miss out on the rename, of course. > > > > Some day maybe the git "extended patch format" is so univerally recognized > > to be superior that everybody understands them, in the meantime you may > > not want to use "-M" to generate patches unless you know the other end > > applies them with git. > > > > (Which also explains why "-M" is not the default, of course). > > For now I'll leave -M off, as people might want to apply the patches > from email. Although it might cut down on main bandwidth, and they can > always refer to the git tree or original patch... I'll think about that > one.
I take that back. I just used -M for the W1 patch series and I think it is very helpful as it shows only the lines that change in a rename, which can easily get lost in the noise of a longer patch. Very nice stuff, have I mentioned lately how much I love git? thanks, greg k-h Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
