Re: [PATCH] Get format-patch to show first commit after root commit

Hi,

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On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, nathan.panike@gmail.com wrote:

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From: Nathan W. Panike <redacted>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:53:43 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Get format-patch to show first commit after root commit

Currently, the command

git format-patch -1 e83c5163316f89bfbde

You do not need -1, and using 19 digits seems a bit arbitrary; the 
convention seems to be 7 digits (that is what --abbrev-commit does).

in the git repository creates an empty file.  Instead, one is
forced to do

git format-patch -1 --root e83c5163316f89bfbde

This seems arbitrary.  This patch fixes this case, so that

git format-patch -1 e83c5163316f89bfbde

will produce an actual patch.

IMHO mentioning --root is misleading, as the real bug is the empty diff.

Apart from that, I like the patch, though.

Thanks,
Dscho