Re: [PATCH v2] log: use true parents for diff even when rewriting

2013-07-31 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:13:20PM +0200, Thomas Rast wrote: > When using pathspec filtering in combination with diff-based log > output, parent simplification happens before the diff is computed. > The diff is therefore against the *simplified* parents. > > This works okay, arguably by accident,

[PATCH v2] log: use true parents for diff even when rewriting

2013-07-31 Thread Thomas Rast
When using pathspec filtering in combination with diff-based log output, parent simplification happens before the diff is computed. The diff is therefore against the *simplified* parents. This works okay, arguably by accident, in the normal case: simplification reduces to one parent as long as the