Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 03:05:56PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 04:38:13PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:

quoted

I use it to spit out a patch for a specific commit:

	git-diff-tree -p $COMMIT

Though probably someone will now come along and tell me I'm am 
old-timer, and there is a shorter command that accomplishes the same 
thing :)

git-show -p $COMMIT ?

It also gives you the commit message, but that's not a hardship usually
...

I'm usually using
  git-show --pretty=oneline $COMMIT

cu
Adrian

BTW: I'd love to get a --pretty=noline

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