rtk-ai/rtk

"git log -p" omits the patch requested by the -p flag

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#2,275 opened on Jun 5, 2026

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Description

When diagnosing a problem that requires inspecting git history, agents commonly use git log -p. However, rtk strips the patch information requested by the -p flag. This is often vital context.

Instead rtk compresses the diff. E.g. [+5 lines omitted].

Please update git log -p handling to show the entire patch.

This was mentioned in https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/issues/467, but doesn't look like it was actually fixed in the associated PR.

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Locate the code that handles 'git log p' and ensure the full patch is passed through without compression.
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