git-diff.txt: add section "output format" describing the diff formats

diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 038693caba69a9274b632510c9ee8a14a87b6eee..48756b5d4466d06123922573e4330fc4344c1dcb 100644 (file)
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -896,7 +896,8 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
                        continue;
                argv[i] = NULL;
                argc = i;
-               revs->prune_data = get_pathspec(revs->prefix, argv + i + 1);
+               if (argv[i + 1])
+                       revs->prune_data = get_pathspec(revs->prefix, argv + i + 1);
                seen_dashdash = 1;
                break;
        }
@@ -1023,6 +1024,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
                        }
                        if (!strcmp(arg, "--cherry-pick")) {
                                revs->cherry_pick = 1;
+                               revs->limited = 1;
                                continue;
                        }
                        if (!strcmp(arg, "--objects")) {
@@ -1150,6 +1152,10 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
                                        die("unknown date format %s", arg);
                                continue;
                        }
+                       if (!strcmp(arg, "--log-size")) {
+                               revs->show_log_size = 1;
+                               continue;
+                       }
 
                        /*
                         * Grepping the commit log
@@ -1203,8 +1209,6 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 
                        opts = diff_opt_parse(&revs->diffopt, argv+i, argc-i);
                        if (opts > 0) {
-                               if (strcmp(argv[i], "-z"))
-                                       revs->diff = 1;
                                i += opts - 1;
                                continue;
                        }
@@ -1248,6 +1252,14 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
                add_pending_object_with_mode(revs, object, def, mode);
        }
 
+       /* Did the user ask for any diff output? Run the diff! */
+       if (revs->diffopt.output_format & ~DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT)
+               revs->diff = 1;
+
+       /* Pickaxe and rename following needs diffs */
+       if (revs->diffopt.pickaxe || revs->diffopt.follow_renames)
+               revs->diff = 1;
+
        if (revs->topo_order)
                revs->limited = 1;
 
@@ -1273,6 +1285,9 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
                compile_grep_patterns(revs->grep_filter);
        }
 
+       if (revs->reverse && revs->reflog_info)
+               die("cannot combine --reverse with --walk-reflogs");
+
        return left;
 }