`git diff' has a `--numstat' flag, but is there any way to *avoid* the
numstat?  (I'm using `--stat' but want to void the summary line, and
I'd like to avoid piping it to `head'.)
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So, what DO you want? Except for the different formatting:

--stat output minus --numstat output == summary line

where "summary line" is something like

5 files changed, 5974 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Do you want to (a)void the numstat or the summary?

Michael
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Summary is "create mode ..." etc. and you can already enable/disable it.

That "N files +M/-N lines in total" is _not_ a summary; it is an integral
part of ascii-graphical --stat output, which is supposed to produce output
like "git diff -p | diffstat".  We won't split it out of --stat without a
very good reason, there doesn't seem to be an option to "diffstat" for
such a thing, so...






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An option that avoids that summary line.



Right -- I'm asking about the above numstat summary line, which seems

Well, the reason is to have an easy-to-glance-over summary of changes
for push notification emails.  I didn't realize that the intention of
--stat was to be completely compatible with `diffstat'.

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I think you have it somewhat backwards.

Being the same as normal diffstat output that people are familiar with,
the output makes it "an easy-to-glance-over summary of changes" whereever
it is used, be it in a notification e-mail or from interactive command
output.

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(That's true only if the intended audience of these notifications are
people who are familiar with diffstat output.)

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