Merge branch 'jk/log-fp-implies-m'

"git log --first-parent -p" showed patches only for single-parent
commits on the first-parent chain; the "--first-parent" option has
been made to imply "-m".  Use "--no-diff-merges" to restore the
previous behaviour to omit patches for merge commits.

* jk/log-fp-implies-m:
  doc/git-log: clarify handling of merge commit diffs
  doc/git-log: move "-t" into diff-options list
  doc/git-log: drop "-r" diff option
  doc/git-log: move "Diff Formatting" from rev-list-options
  log: enable "-m" automatically with "--first-parent"
  revision: add "--no-diff-merges" option to counteract "-m"
  log: drop "--cc implies -m" logic
This commit is contained in:
Junio C Hamano
2020-08-17 17:02:49 -07:00
9 changed files with 158 additions and 55 deletions

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@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
Synonym for `-p --raw`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifdef::git-log[]
-t::
Show the tree objects in the diff output.
endif::git-log[]
--indent-heuristic::
Enable the heuristic that shifts diff hunk boundaries to make patches
easier to read. This is the default.

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@@ -114,8 +114,47 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[]
include::pretty-formats.txt[]
COMMON DIFF OPTIONS
-------------------
DIFF FORMATTING
---------------
By default, `git log` does not generate any diff output. The options
below can be used to show the changes made by each commit.
Note that unless one of `-c`, `--cc`, or `-m` is given, merge commits
will never show a diff, even if a diff format like `--patch` is
selected, nor will they match search options like `-S`. The exception is
when `--first-parent` is in use, in which merges are treated like normal
single-parent commits (this can be overridden by providing a
combined-diff option or with `--no-diff-merges`).
-c::
With this option, diff output for a merge commit
shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result
simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent
and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files
which were modified from all parents.
--cc::
This flag implies the `-c` option and further compresses the
patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in
the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks
one of them without modification.
--combined-all-paths::
This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to
list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has
effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only
useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either
rename or copy detection have been requested).
-m::
--diff-merges::
This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like
regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry
and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against
the first parent is shown when `--first-parent` option is given;
in that case, the output represents the changes the merge
brought _into_ the then-current branch.
:git-log: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]

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@@ -1116,48 +1116,3 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
by a tab.
endif::git-rev-list[]
endif::git-shortlog[]
ifndef::git-shortlog[]
ifndef::git-rev-list[]
Diff Formatting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Listed below are options that control the formatting of diff output.
Some of them are specific to linkgit:git-rev-list[1], however other diff
options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options.
-c::
With this option, diff output for a merge commit
shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result
simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent
and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files
which were modified from all parents.
--cc::
This flag implies the `-c` option and further compresses the
patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in
the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks
one of them without modification.
--combined-all-paths::
This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to
list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has
effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only
useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either
rename or copy detection have been requested).
-m::
This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like
regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry
and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against
the first parent is shown when `--first-parent` option is given;
in that case, the output represents the changes the merge
brought _into_ the then-current branch.
-r::
Show recursive diffs.
-t::
Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies `-r`.
endif::git-rev-list[]
endif::git-shortlog[]