linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] FRV: Move to arch/frv/include/asm/

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Date:	Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:23:56 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	sam@...nborg.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] FRV: Move to arch/frv/include/asm/

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, David Howells wrote:
>> I should've used:
>>
>> 	stg mail -diff-opts=-M
>>
>> it would appear.  I wonder if this should be the default.
> 
> Ahh. I've never used stg. It seems to have some bad defaults.
> 
> Also, depending on exactly what "stg" does, it is entirely possible that 
> adding that
> 
> 	[diff]
> 		renames
> 
> to your .gitconfig won't help: those kinds of default configuration values 
> are (very much on purpose) ignored for certain low-level git commands, 
> exactly so that you can do reliable scripting without having to worry 
> about some user-specific config files.
> 
>> Note that
>>
>> 	git-diff -M HEAD^ HEAD
>>
>> does not make output that looks like yours.  It's missing the:
>>
>> 	 {include/asm-frv => arch/frv/include/asm}/Kbuild   |    0
>> 	 {include/asm-frv => arch/frv/include/asm}/atomic.h |    0
> 
> Those come from "--summary", which summarizes file creation, deletion and 
> movement. Almost always combined with "--stat", but apparently the 
> "--stat" part is again in that "stg mail" script.

David:  Documentation/SubmittingPatches:/git diff/ =>

'Please use "git diff -M --stat --summary" to generate the diffstat:
the -M enables rename detection, and the summary enables a summary of
new/deleted or renamed files.'

-- 
~Randy
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