Re: why do "git log -h" and "git show -h" print the same thing?

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

On Thu, 24 May 2018, Stefan Beller wrote:

> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >
> >   maybe this is deliberate, but it's confusing that, with git 2.17.0,
> > the output of both "git log -h" and "git show -h" is exactly the same:
> >
> > $ git log -h
> > usage: git log [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]
> >    or: git show [<options>] <object>...
> >
> >     -q, --quiet           suppress diff output
> >     --source              show source
> >     --use-mailmap         Use mail map file
> >     --decorate-refs <pattern>
> >                           only decorate refs that match <pattern>
> >     --decorate-refs-exclude <pattern>
> >                           do not decorate refs that match <pattern>
> >     --decorate[=...]      decorate options
> >     -L <n,m:file>         Process line range n,m in file, counting from 1
> > $
> >
> > is that what's *supposed* to happen?
>
> I would think so, show is just "log -p" with the range clamped
> down to <object>^..<object>.
>
> It's been in the code like that for a couple years by now,
> e.g. see
> e66dc0cc4b1a6 log.c: fix translation markings, 2015-01-06

  ah, very well, it just caught me by surprise.

rday

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