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For some reason, I ended up doing git show HEAD~5.. as an odd way of asking for a log. I realize I should just have used "git log", but at the same time it does make perfect conceptual sense. After all, you _could_ have done git show HEAD HEAD~1 HEAD~2 HEAD~3 HEAD~4 and saying "git show HEAD~5.." is pretty natural. It's not like "git show" only ever showed a single commit (or other object) before either! So conceptually, giving a commit range is a very sensible operation, even though you'd traditionally have used "git log" for that. However, doing that currently results in an error fatal: object ranges do not make sense when not walking revisions which admittedly _also_ makes perfect sense - from an internal git implementation standpoint in 'revision.c'. However, I think that asking to show a range makes sense to a user, while saying "object ranges no not make sense when not walking revisions" only makes sense to a git developer. So on the whole, of the two different "makes perfect sense" behaviors, I think I originally picked the wrong one. And quite frankly, I don't really see anybody actually _depending_ on that error case. So why not change it? So rather than error out, just turn that non-walking error case into a "silently turn on walking" instead. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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GIT - the stupid content tracker
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- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
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Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the
documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help
commandname".
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is
installed).
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