Comment 1 for bug 140844

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Vincent Begaut (dr-virago) wrote :

Following my question #23404 (https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/+question/23404) and the given answer (related to bug #136942), I would also appreciate 'bzr log --line --verbose' to display the list of files impacted (modified, renamed, removed, added) like with other filters, keeping the 1-line format of messages.

Motivation is that 'bzr log' is currently the only reliable interface to retrieve the reference revision for a file that was removed.
Coupling '--line' with '--verbose' would ease that lookup, without altering the purpose of '--line' filter.

As side note (maybe it would deserve its own bug report):
I do not know how it operates internally but I noticed the following discrepancies:
- 'bzr log --line' is as fast as 'bzr log --line --verbose', as if 'verbose' option was discarded due to filter '--line'
- however, 'bzr missing --line --verbose' still does not display file updates, but is much slower than 'bzr missing --line' alone.

(all of this using bzr 1.1)