On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 07:10:00AM -0400, Samuel Lijin wrote: > I noticed when answering a StackOverflow question that apparently > --stat modifies the raw diff itself, instead of just adding a diffstat > to the output. In the linux kernel:
Sort of. Using "--stat" implies "-r", since it only deals with the actual blobs and would have nothing to show for tree entries. And since recursive-ness is global to the whole diff, not just one output format, the --raw output becomes recursive, too. > Is this intentional? And is there a way to generate a raw version of > the extended stat without using --stat? Try "git diff-tree --raw -r". -Peff
