Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index a381c75f3c3d8645eabc46264660361c403e86bf..fa81c259207d24a506b671f081f7b218ceb557f4 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -585,12 +585,19 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        }
 
        if (rev.pending.nr == 1) {
-               if (rev.max_count < 0) {
+               if (rev.max_count < 0 && !rev.show_root_diff) {
+                       /*
+                        * This is traditional behaviour of "git format-patch
+                        * origin" that prepares what the origin side still
+                        * does not have.
+                        */
                        rev.pending.objects[0].item->flags |= UNINTERESTING;
                        add_head(&rev);
                }
-               /* Otherwise, it is "format-patch -22 HEAD", and
-                * get_revision() would return only the specified count.
+               /*
+                * Otherwise, it is "format-patch -22 HEAD", and/or
+                * "format-patch --root HEAD".  The user wants
+                * get_revision() to do the usual traversal.
                 */
        }