diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index 9445e86c2f..ca36f5d5e7 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
+#include "log-tree.h"
 
 static int uninteresting(struct diff_filepair *p)
 {
@@ -584,10 +585,20 @@ static void reuse_combine_diff(struct sline *sline, unsigned long cnt,
 	sline->p_lno[i] = sline->p_lno[j];
 }
 
-static int show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
-			   int dense, const char *header,
-			   struct diff_options *opt)
+static void dump_quoted_path(const char *prefix, const char *path)
 {
+	fputs(prefix, stdout);
+	if (quote_c_style(path, NULL, NULL, 0))
+		quote_c_style(path, NULL, stdout, 0);
+	else
+		printf("%s", path);
+	putchar('\n');
+}
+
+static int show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
+			   int dense, struct rev_info *rev)
+{
+	struct diff_options *opt = &rev->diffopt;
 	unsigned long result_size, cnt, lno;
 	char *result, *cp;
 	struct sline *sline; /* survived lines */
@@ -688,16 +699,9 @@ static int show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
 	if (show_hunks || mode_differs || working_tree_file) {
 		const char *abb;
 
-		if (header) {
-			shown_header++;
-			printf("%s%c", header, opt->line_termination);
-		}
-		printf("diff --%s ", dense ? "cc" : "combined");
-		if (quote_c_style(elem->path, NULL, NULL, 0))
-			quote_c_style(elem->path, NULL, stdout, 0);
-		else
-			printf("%s", elem->path);
-		putchar('\n');
+		if (rev->loginfo)
+			show_log(rev, rev->loginfo, "\n");
+		dump_quoted_path(dense ? "diff --cc " : "diff --combined ", elem->path);
 		printf("index ");
 		for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++) {
 			abb = find_unique_abbrev(elem->parent[i].sha1,
@@ -728,6 +732,8 @@ static int show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
 			}
 			putchar('\n');
 		}
+		dump_quoted_path("--- a/", elem->path);
+		dump_quoted_path("+++ b/", elem->path);
 		dump_sline(sline, cnt, num_parent);
 	}
 	free(result);
@@ -749,8 +755,9 @@ static int show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
 
 #define COLONS "::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"
 
-static void show_raw_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p, int num_parent, const char *header, struct diff_options *opt)
+static void show_raw_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p, int num_parent, struct rev_info *rev)
 {
+	struct diff_options *opt = &rev->diffopt;
 	int i, offset;
 	const char *prefix;
 	int line_termination, inter_name_termination;
@@ -760,8 +767,8 @@ static void show_raw_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p, int num_parent, const cha
 	if (!line_termination)
 		inter_name_termination = 0;
 
-	if (header)
-		printf("%s%c", header, line_termination);
+	if (rev->loginfo)
+		show_log(rev, rev->loginfo, "\n");
 
 	if (opt->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_RAW) {
 		offset = strlen(COLONS) - num_parent;
@@ -802,40 +809,44 @@ static void show_raw_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p, int num_parent, const cha
 	}
 }
 
-int show_combined_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p,
+void show_combined_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p,
 		       int num_parent,
 		       int dense,
-		       const char *header,
-		       struct diff_options *opt)
+		       struct rev_info *rev)
 {
+	struct diff_options *opt = &rev->diffopt;
 	if (!p->len)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	switch (opt->output_format) {
 	case DIFF_FORMAT_RAW:
 	case DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS:
 	case DIFF_FORMAT_NAME:
-		show_raw_diff(p, num_parent, header, opt);
-		return 1;
-
-	default:
+		show_raw_diff(p, num_parent, rev);
+		return;
 	case DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH:
-		return show_patch_diff(p, num_parent, dense, header, opt);
+		show_patch_diff(p, num_parent, dense, rev);
+		return;
+	default:
+		return;
 	}
 }
 
-const char *diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1,
-			     const char *header, int dense,
-			     struct diff_options *opt)
+void diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1,
+			     int dense, struct rev_info *rev)
 {
+	struct diff_options *opt = &rev->diffopt;
 	struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(sha1);
 	struct diff_options diffopts;
 	struct commit_list *parents;
 	struct combine_diff_path *p, *paths = NULL;
 	int num_parent, i, num_paths;
+	int do_diffstat;
 
+	do_diffstat = (opt->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT ||
+		       opt->with_stat);
 	diffopts = *opt;
-	diffopts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
 	diffopts.with_raw = 0;
+	diffopts.with_stat = 0;
 	diffopts.recursive = 1;
 
 	/* count parents */
@@ -849,11 +860,24 @@ const char *diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1,
 	     parents;
 	     parents = parents->next, i++) {
 		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
+		/* show stat against the first parent even
+		 * when doing combined diff.
+		 */
+		if (i == 0 && do_diffstat)
+			diffopts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT;
+		else
+			diffopts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
 		diff_tree_sha1(parent->object.sha1, commit->object.sha1, "",
 			       &diffopts);
 		diffcore_std(&diffopts);
 		paths = intersect_paths(paths, i, num_parent);
+
+		if (do_diffstat && rev->loginfo)
+			show_log(rev, rev->loginfo,
+				 opt->with_stat ? "---\n" : "\n");
 		diff_flush(&diffopts);
+		if (opt->with_stat)
+			putchar('\n');
 	}
 
 	/* find out surviving paths */
@@ -866,17 +890,13 @@ const char *diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1,
 			int saved_format = opt->output_format;
 			opt->output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_RAW;
 			for (p = paths; p; p = p->next) {
-				if (show_combined_diff(p, num_parent, dense,
-						       header, opt))
-					header = NULL;
+				show_combined_diff(p, num_parent, dense, rev);
 			}
 			opt->output_format = saved_format;
 			putchar(opt->line_termination);
 		}
 		for (p = paths; p; p = p->next) {
-			if (show_combined_diff(p, num_parent, dense,
-					       header, opt))
-				header = NULL;
+			show_combined_diff(p, num_parent, dense, rev);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -886,5 +906,4 @@ const char *diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1,
 		paths = paths->next;
 		free(tmp);
 	}
-	return header;
 }
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 918c9ab5e4..de142afe73 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ enum cmit_fmt {
 	CMIT_FMT_FULL,
 	CMIT_FMT_FULLER,
 	CMIT_FMT_ONELINE,
+
+	CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED,
 };
 
 extern enum cmit_fmt get_commit_format(const char *arg);
diff --git a/diff-files.c b/diff-files.c
index 3e7f5f105b..ffbef48b2e 100644
--- a/diff-files.c
+++ b/diff-files.c
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
  */
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "diff.h"
+#include "commit.h"
+#include "revision.h"
 
 static const char diff_files_usage[] =
 "git-diff-files [-q] [-0/-1/2/3 |-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]"
 COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
 
-static struct diff_options diff_options;
+static struct rev_info rev;
 static int silent = 0;
 static int diff_unmerged_stage = 2;
 static int combine_merges = 0;
@@ -18,12 +20,12 @@ static int dense_combined_merges = 0;
 
 static void show_unmerge(const char *path)
 {
-	diff_unmerge(&diff_options, path);
+	diff_unmerge(&rev.diffopt, path);
 }
 
 static void show_file(int pfx, struct cache_entry *ce)
 {
-	diff_addremove(&diff_options, pfx, ntohl(ce->ce_mode),
+	diff_addremove(&rev.diffopt, pfx, ntohl(ce->ce_mode),
 		       ce->sha1, ce->name, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ static void show_modified(int oldmode, int mode,
 			  const unsigned char *old_sha1, const unsigned char *sha1,
 			  char *path)
 {
-	diff_change(&diff_options, oldmode, mode, old_sha1, sha1, path, NULL);
+	diff_change(&rev.diffopt, oldmode, mode, old_sha1, sha1, path, NULL);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	int entries, i;
 
 	git_config(git_diff_config);
-	diff_setup(&diff_options);
+	diff_setup(&rev.diffopt);
 	while (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-') {
 		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--")) {
 			argv++;
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			dense_combined_merges = combine_merges = 1;
 		else {
 			int diff_opt_cnt;
-			diff_opt_cnt = diff_opt_parse(&diff_options,
+			diff_opt_cnt = diff_opt_parse(&rev.diffopt,
 						      argv+1, argc-1);
 			if (diff_opt_cnt < 0)
 				usage(diff_files_usage);
@@ -89,13 +91,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		argv++; argc--;
 	}
 	if (dense_combined_merges)
-		diff_options.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+		rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 
 	/* Find the directory, and set up the pathspec */
 	pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + 1);
 	entries = read_cache();
 
-	if (diff_setup_done(&diff_options) < 0)
+	if (diff_setup_done(&rev.diffopt) < 0)
 		usage(diff_files_usage);
 
 	/* At this point, if argc == 1, then we are doing everything.
@@ -167,8 +169,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			if (combine_merges && num_compare_stages == 2) {
 				show_combined_diff(&combine.p, 2,
 						   dense_combined_merges,
-						   NULL,
-						   &diff_options);
+						   &rev);
 				free(combine.p.path);
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			continue;
 		}
 		changed = ce_match_stat(ce, &st, 0);
-		if (!changed && !diff_options.find_copies_harder)
+		if (!changed && !rev.diffopt.find_copies_harder)
 			continue;
 		oldmode = ntohl(ce->ce_mode);
 
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			      ce->sha1, (changed ? null_sha1 : ce->sha1),
 			      ce->name);
 	}
-	diffcore_std(&diff_options);
-	diff_flush(&diff_options);
+	diffcore_std(&rev.diffopt);
+	diff_flush(&rev.diffopt);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/diff-tree.c b/diff-tree.c
index d1c61c8515..7207867a74 100644
--- a/diff-tree.c
+++ b/diff-tree.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 
-static struct log_tree_opt log_tree_opt;
+static struct rev_info log_tree_opt;
 
 static int diff_tree_commit_sha1(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
@@ -62,47 +62,21 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	int nr_sha1;
 	char line[1000];
-	unsigned char sha1[2][20];
-	const char *prefix = setup_git_directory();
-	static struct log_tree_opt *opt = &log_tree_opt;
+	struct object *tree1, *tree2;
+	static struct rev_info *opt = &log_tree_opt;
+	struct object_list *list;
 	int read_stdin = 0;
 
 	git_config(git_diff_config);
 	nr_sha1 = 0;
-	init_log_tree_opt(opt);
+	init_revisions(opt);
+	opt->abbrev = 0;
+	opt->diff = 1;
+	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, opt, NULL);
 
-	for (;;) {
-		int opt_cnt;
-		const char *arg;
+	while (--argc > 0) {
+		const char *arg = *++argv;
 
-		argv++;
-		argc--;
-		arg = *argv;
-		if (!arg)
-			break;
-
-		if (*arg != '-') {
-			if (nr_sha1 < 2 && !get_sha1(arg, sha1[nr_sha1])) {
-				nr_sha1++;
-				continue;
-			}
-			break;
-		}
-
-		opt_cnt = log_tree_opt_parse(opt, argv, argc);
-		if (opt_cnt < 0)
-			usage(diff_tree_usage);
-		else if (opt_cnt) {
-			argv += opt_cnt - 1;
-			argc -= opt_cnt - 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--")) {
-			argv++;
-			argc--;
-			break;
-		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--stdin")) {
 			read_stdin = 1;
 			continue;
@@ -110,15 +84,36 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		usage(diff_tree_usage);
 	}
 
-	if (opt->combine_merges)
-		opt->ignore_merges = 0;
-
-	/* We can only do dense combined merges with diff output */
-	if (opt->dense_combined_merges)
-		opt->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
-
-	diff_tree_setup_paths(get_pathspec(prefix, argv), &opt->diffopt);
-	diff_setup_done(&opt->diffopt);
+	/*
+	 * NOTE! "setup_revisions()" will have inserted the revisions
+	 * it parsed in reverse order. So if you do
+	 *
+	 *	git-diff-tree a b
+	 *
+	 * the commit list will be "b" -> "a" -> NULL, so we reverse
+	 * the order of the objects if the first one is not marked
+	 * UNINTERESTING.
+	 */
+	nr_sha1 = 0;
+	list = opt->pending_objects;
+	if (list) {
+		nr_sha1++;
+		tree1 = list->item;
+		list = list->next;
+		if (list) {
+			nr_sha1++;
+			tree2 = tree1;
+			tree1 = list->item;
+			if (list->next)
+				usage(diff_tree_usage);
+			/* Switch them around if the second one was uninteresting.. */
+			if (tree2->flags & UNINTERESTING) {
+				struct object *tmp = tree2;
+				tree2 = tree1;
+				tree1 = tmp;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	switch (nr_sha1) {
 	case 0:
@@ -126,10 +121,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			usage(diff_tree_usage);
 		break;
 	case 1:
-		diff_tree_commit_sha1(sha1[0]);
+		diff_tree_commit_sha1(tree1->sha1);
 		break;
 	case 2:
-		diff_tree_sha1(sha1[0], sha1[1], "", &opt->diffopt);
+		diff_tree_sha1(tree1->sha1,
+			       tree2->sha1,
+			       "", &opt->diffopt);
 		log_tree_diff_flush(opt);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 3a1e6ce619..d75e0178ff 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1035,8 +1035,7 @@ int diff_setup_done(struct diff_options *options)
 	 * recursive bits for other formats here.
 	 */
 	if ((options->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH) ||
-	    (options->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT) ||
-	    (options->with_stat))
+	    (options->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT))
 		options->recursive = 1;
 
 	if (options->detect_rename && options->rename_limit < 0)
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index f783baef14..52fff6643f 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 
+struct rev_info;
 struct diff_options;
 
 typedef void (*change_fn_t)(struct diff_options *options,
@@ -70,11 +71,10 @@ struct combine_diff_path {
 	(sizeof(struct combine_diff_path) + \
 	 sizeof(struct combine_diff_parent) * (n) + (l) + 1)
 
-extern int show_combined_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
-			      int dense, const char *header,
-			      struct diff_options *);
+extern void show_combined_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
+			      int dense, struct rev_info *);
 
-extern const char *diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *, int, struct diff_options *opt);
+extern void diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1, int, struct rev_info *);
 
 extern void diff_addremove(struct diff_options *,
 			   int addremove,
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 5209b04de5..0be14bb487 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -276,126 +276,64 @@ static int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define LOGSIZE (65536)
+static int cmd_log_wc(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp,
+		      struct rev_info *rev)
+{
+	struct commit *commit;
+
+	rev->abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+	rev->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_DEFAULT;
+	rev->verbose_header = 1;
+	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, rev, "HEAD");
+
+	if (argc > 1)
+		die("unrecognized argument: %s", argv[1]);
+
+	prepare_revision_walk(rev);
+	setup_pager();
+	while ((commit = get_revision(rev)) != NULL) {
+		log_tree_commit(rev, commit);
+		free(commit->buffer);
+		commit->buffer = NULL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cmd_wc(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+	struct rev_info rev;
+
+	init_revisions(&rev);
+	rev.diff = 1;
+	rev.diffopt.recursive = 1;
+	return cmd_log_wc(argc, argv, envp, &rev);
+}
+
+static int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+	struct rev_info rev;
+
+	init_revisions(&rev);
+	rev.diff = 1;
+	rev.diffopt.recursive = 1;
+	rev.combine_merges = 1;
+	rev.dense_combined_merges = 1;
+	rev.always_show_header = 1;
+	rev.ignore_merges = 0;
+	rev.no_walk = 1;
+	return cmd_log_wc(argc, argv, envp, &rev);
+}
 
 static int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 {
 	struct rev_info rev;
-	struct commit *commit;
-	char *buf = xmalloc(LOGSIZE);
-	static enum cmit_fmt commit_format = CMIT_FMT_DEFAULT;
-	int abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
-	int abbrev_commit = 0;
-	const char *commit_prefix = "commit ";
-	struct log_tree_opt opt;
-	int shown = 0;
-	int do_diff = 0;
-	int full_diff = 0;
 
-	init_log_tree_opt(&opt);
-	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, "HEAD");
-	while (1 < argc) {
-		const char *arg = argv[1];
-		if (!strncmp(arg, "--pretty", 8)) {
-			commit_format = get_commit_format(arg + 8);
-			if (commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-				commit_prefix = "";
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-abbrev")) {
-			abbrev = 0;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev")) {
-			abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev-commit")) {
-			abbrev_commit = 1;
-		}
-		else if (!strncmp(arg, "--abbrev=", 9)) {
-			abbrev = strtoul(arg + 9, NULL, 10);
-			if (abbrev && abbrev < MINIMUM_ABBREV)
-				abbrev = MINIMUM_ABBREV;
-			else if (40 < abbrev)
-				abbrev = 40;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--full-diff")) {
-			do_diff = 1;
-			full_diff = 1;
-		}
-		else {
-			int cnt = log_tree_opt_parse(&opt, argv+1, argc-1);
-			if (0 < cnt) {
-				do_diff = 1;
-				argv += cnt;
-				argc -= cnt;
-				continue;
-			}
-			die("unrecognized argument: %s", arg);
-		}
-
-		argc--; argv++;
-	}
-
-	if (do_diff) {
-		opt.diffopt.abbrev = abbrev;
-		opt.verbose_header = 0;
-		opt.always_show_header = 0;
-		opt.no_commit_id = 1;
-		if (opt.combine_merges)
-			opt.ignore_merges = 0;
-		if (opt.dense_combined_merges)
-			opt.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
-		if (!full_diff && rev.prune_data)
-			diff_tree_setup_paths(rev.prune_data, &opt.diffopt);
-		diff_setup_done(&opt.diffopt);
-	}
-
-	prepare_revision_walk(&rev);
-	setup_pager();
-	while ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
-		if (shown && do_diff && commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-			putchar('\n');
-		fputs(commit_prefix, stdout);
-		if (abbrev_commit && abbrev)
-			fputs(find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, abbrev),
-			      stdout);
-		else
-			fputs(sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), stdout);
-		if (rev.parents) {
-			struct commit_list *parents = commit->parents;
-			while (parents) {
-				struct object *o = &(parents->item->object);
-				parents = parents->next;
-				if (o->flags & TMP_MARK)
-					continue;
-				printf(" %s", sha1_to_hex(o->sha1));
-				o->flags |= TMP_MARK;
-			}
-			/* TMP_MARK is a general purpose flag that can
-			 * be used locally, but the user should clean
-			 * things up after it is done with them.
-			 */
-			for (parents = commit->parents;
-			     parents;
-			     parents = parents->next)
-				parents->item->object.flags &= ~TMP_MARK;
-		}
-		if (commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-			putchar(' ');
-		else
-			putchar('\n');
-		pretty_print_commit(commit_format, commit, ~0, buf,
-				    LOGSIZE, abbrev);
-		printf("%s\n", buf);
-		if (do_diff) {
-			printf("---\n");
-			log_tree_commit(&opt, commit);
-		}
-		shown = 1;
-		free(commit->buffer);
-		commit->buffer = NULL;
-	}
-	free(buf);
-	return 0;
+	init_revisions(&rev);
+	rev.always_show_header = 1;
+	rev.diffopt.recursive = 1;
+	rev.combine_merges = 1;
+	rev.ignore_merges = 0;
+	return cmd_log_wc(argc, argv, envp, &rev);
 }
 
 static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
@@ -408,6 +346,8 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 		{ "version", cmd_version },
 		{ "help", cmd_help },
 		{ "log", cmd_log },
+		{ "whatchanged", cmd_wc },
+		{ "show", cmd_show },
 	};
 	int i;
 
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 114d01bced..b4327d9243 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -2498,6 +2498,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			commit_argv[3] = old_sha1_hex;
 			commit_argc++;
 		}
+		init_revisions(&revs);
 		setup_revisions(commit_argc, commit_argv, &revs, NULL);
 		free(new_sha1_hex);
 		if (old_sha1_hex) {
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 3d404824a1..9634c4677f 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -3,59 +3,58 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 
-void init_log_tree_opt(struct log_tree_opt *opt)
+void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, struct log_info *log, const char *sep)
 {
-	memset(opt, 0, sizeof *opt);
-	opt->ignore_merges = 1;
-	opt->header_prefix = "";
-	opt->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_RAW;
-	diff_setup(&opt->diffopt);
+	static char this_header[16384];
+	struct commit *commit = log->commit, *parent = log->parent;
+	int abbrev = opt->diffopt.abbrev;
+	int abbrev_commit = opt->abbrev_commit ? opt->abbrev : 40;
+	const char *extra;
+	int len;
+
+	opt->loginfo = NULL;
+	if (!opt->verbose_header) {
+		puts(sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The "oneline" format has several special cases:
+	 *  - The pretty-printed commit lacks a newline at the end
+	 *    of the buffer, but we do want to make sure that we
+	 *    have a newline there. If the separator isn't already
+	 *    a newline, add an extra one.
+	 *  - unlike other log messages, the one-line format does
+	 *    not have an empty line between entries.
+	 */
+	extra = "";
+	if (*sep != '\n' && opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+		extra = "\n";
+	if (opt->shown_one && opt->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+		putchar('\n');
+	opt->shown_one = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Print header line of header..
+	 */
+	printf("%s%s",
+		opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE ? "" : "commit ",
+		diff_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, abbrev_commit));
+	if (parent) 
+		printf(" (from %s)", diff_unique_abbrev(parent->object.sha1, abbrev_commit));
+	putchar(opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE ? ' ' : '\n');
+
+	/*
+	 * And then the pretty-printed message itself
+	 */
+	len = pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, ~0u, this_header, sizeof(this_header), abbrev);
+	printf("%s%s%s", this_header, extra, sep);
 }
 
-int log_tree_opt_parse(struct log_tree_opt *opt, const char **av, int ac)
-{
-	const char *arg;
-	int cnt = diff_opt_parse(&opt->diffopt, av, ac);
-	if (0 < cnt)
-		return cnt;
-	arg = *av;
-	if (!strcmp(arg, "-r"))
-		opt->diffopt.recursive = 1;
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-t")) {
-		opt->diffopt.recursive = 1;
-		opt->diffopt.tree_in_recursive = 1;
-	}
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-m"))
-		opt->ignore_merges = 0;
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-c"))
-		opt->combine_merges = 1;
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cc")) {
-		opt->dense_combined_merges = 1;
-		opt->combine_merges = 1;
-	}
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-v")) {
-		opt->verbose_header = 1;
-		opt->header_prefix = "diff-tree ";
-	}
-	else if (!strncmp(arg, "--pretty", 8)) {
-		opt->verbose_header = 1;
-		opt->header_prefix = "diff-tree ";
-		opt->commit_format = get_commit_format(arg+8);
-	}
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--root"))
-		opt->show_root_diff = 1;
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-commit-id"))
-		opt->no_commit_id = 1;
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--always"))
-		opt->always_show_header = 1;
-	else
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-int log_tree_diff_flush(struct log_tree_opt *opt)
+int log_tree_diff_flush(struct rev_info *opt)
 {
 	diffcore_std(&opt->diffopt);
+
 	if (diff_queue_is_empty()) {
 		int saved_fmt = opt->diffopt.output_format;
 		opt->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
@@ -63,17 +62,14 @@ int log_tree_diff_flush(struct log_tree_opt *opt)
 		opt->diffopt.output_format = saved_fmt;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (opt->header) {
-		if (!opt->no_commit_id)
-			printf("%s%c", opt->header,
-			       opt->diffopt.line_termination);
-		opt->header = NULL;
-	}
+
+	if (opt->loginfo && !opt->no_commit_id)
+		show_log(opt, opt->loginfo, opt->diffopt.with_stat ? "---\n" : "\n");
 	diff_flush(&opt->diffopt);
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int diff_root_tree(struct log_tree_opt *opt,
+static int diff_root_tree(struct rev_info *opt,
 			  const unsigned char *new, const char *base)
 {
 	int retval;
@@ -93,83 +89,78 @@ static int diff_root_tree(struct log_tree_opt *opt,
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static const char *generate_header(struct log_tree_opt *opt,
-				   const unsigned char *commit_sha1,
-				   const unsigned char *parent_sha1,
-				   const struct commit *commit)
-{
-	static char this_header[16384];
-	int offset;
-	unsigned long len;
-	int abbrev = opt->diffopt.abbrev;
-	const char *msg = commit->buffer;
-
-	if (!opt->verbose_header)
-		return sha1_to_hex(commit_sha1);
-
-	len = strlen(msg);
-
-	offset = sprintf(this_header, "%s%s ",
-			 opt->header_prefix,
-			 diff_unique_abbrev(commit_sha1, abbrev));
-	if (commit_sha1 != parent_sha1)
-		offset += sprintf(this_header + offset, "(from %s)\n",
-				  parent_sha1
-				  ? diff_unique_abbrev(parent_sha1, abbrev)
-				  : "root");
-	else
-		offset += sprintf(this_header + offset, "(from parents)\n");
-	offset += pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, len,
-				      this_header + offset,
-				      sizeof(this_header) - offset, abbrev);
-	if (opt->always_show_header) {
-		puts(this_header);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return this_header;
-}
-
-static int do_diff_combined(struct log_tree_opt *opt, struct commit *commit)
+static int do_diff_combined(struct rev_info *opt, struct commit *commit)
 {
 	unsigned const char *sha1 = commit->object.sha1;
 
-	opt->header = generate_header(opt, sha1, sha1, commit);
-	opt->header = diff_tree_combined_merge(sha1, opt->header,
-						opt->dense_combined_merges,
-						&opt->diffopt);
-	if (!opt->header && opt->verbose_header)
-		opt->header_prefix = "\ndiff-tree ";
-	return 0;
+	diff_tree_combined_merge(sha1, opt->dense_combined_merges, opt);
+	return !opt->loginfo;
 }
 
-int log_tree_commit(struct log_tree_opt *opt, struct commit *commit)
+/*
+ * Show the diff of a commit.
+ *
+ * Return true if we printed any log info messages
+ */
+static int log_tree_diff(struct rev_info *opt, struct commit *commit, struct log_info *log)
 {
+	int showed_log;
 	struct commit_list *parents;
 	unsigned const char *sha1 = commit->object.sha1;
 
+	if (!opt->diff)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Root commit? */
-	if (opt->show_root_diff && !commit->parents) {
-		opt->header = generate_header(opt, sha1, NULL, commit);
-		diff_root_tree(opt, sha1, "");
+	parents = commit->parents;
+	if (!parents) {
+		if (opt->show_root_diff)
+			diff_root_tree(opt, sha1, "");
+		return !opt->loginfo;
 	}
 
 	/* More than one parent? */
-	if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next) {
+	if (parents && parents->next) {
 		if (opt->ignore_merges)
 			return 0;
 		else if (opt->combine_merges)
 			return do_diff_combined(opt, commit);
+
+		/* If we show individual diffs, show the parent info */
+		log->parent = parents->item;
 	}
 
-	for (parents = commit->parents; parents; parents = parents->next) {
+	showed_log = 0;
+	for (;;) {
 		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
-		unsigned const char *psha1 = parent->object.sha1;
-		opt->header = generate_header(opt, sha1, psha1, commit);
-		diff_tree_sha1(psha1, sha1, "", &opt->diffopt);
-		log_tree_diff_flush(opt);		
 
-		if (!opt->header && opt->verbose_header)
-			opt->header_prefix = "\ndiff-tree ";
+		diff_tree_sha1(parent->object.sha1, sha1, "", &opt->diffopt);
+		log_tree_diff_flush(opt);
+
+		showed_log |= !opt->loginfo;
+
+		/* Set up the log info for the next parent, if any.. */
+		parents = parents->next;
+		if (!parents)
+			break;
+		log->parent = parents->item;
+		opt->loginfo = log;
 	}
+	return showed_log;
+}
+
+int log_tree_commit(struct rev_info *opt, struct commit *commit)
+{
+	struct log_info log;
+
+	log.commit = commit;
+	log.parent = NULL;
+	opt->loginfo = &log;
+
+	if (!log_tree_diff(opt, commit, &log) && opt->loginfo && opt->always_show_header) {
+		log.parent = NULL;
+		show_log(opt, opt->loginfo, "");
+	}
+	opt->loginfo = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/log-tree.h b/log-tree.h
index da166c6f2c..a26e4841ff 100644
--- a/log-tree.h
+++ b/log-tree.h
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
 #ifndef LOG_TREE_H
 #define LOG_TREE_H
 
-struct log_tree_opt {
-	struct diff_options diffopt;
-	int show_root_diff;
-	int no_commit_id;
-	int verbose_header;
-	int ignore_merges;
-	int combine_merges;
-	int dense_combined_merges;
-	int always_show_header;
-	const char *header_prefix;
-	const char *header;
-	enum cmit_fmt commit_format;
+#include "revision.h"
+
+struct log_info {
+	struct commit *commit, *parent;
 };
 
-void init_log_tree_opt(struct log_tree_opt *);
-int log_tree_diff_flush(struct log_tree_opt *);
-int log_tree_commit(struct log_tree_opt *, struct commit *);
-int log_tree_opt_parse(struct log_tree_opt *, const char **, int);
+void init_log_tree_opt(struct rev_info *);
+int log_tree_diff_flush(struct rev_info *);
+int log_tree_commit(struct rev_info *, struct commit *);
+int log_tree_opt_parse(struct rev_info *, const char **, int);
+void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, struct log_info *log, const char *sep);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/rev-list.c b/rev-list.c
index a8fe83c5d8..8b0ec388fa 100644
--- a/rev-list.c
+++ b/rev-list.c
@@ -39,24 +39,21 @@ static const char rev_list_usage[] =
 struct rev_info revs;
 
 static int bisect_list = 0;
-static int verbose_header = 0;
-static int abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
-static int abbrev_commit = 0;
 static int show_timestamp = 0;
 static int hdr_termination = 0;
-static const char *commit_prefix = "";
-static enum cmit_fmt commit_format = CMIT_FMT_RAW;
+static const char *header_prefix;
 
 static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 {
 	if (show_timestamp)
 		printf("%lu ", commit->date);
-	if (commit_prefix[0])
-		fputs(commit_prefix, stdout);
+	if (header_prefix)
+		fputs(header_prefix, stdout);
 	if (commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY)
 		putchar('-');
-	if (abbrev_commit && abbrev)
-		fputs(find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, abbrev), stdout);
+	if (revs.abbrev_commit && revs.abbrev)
+		fputs(find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, revs.abbrev),
+		      stdout);
 	else
 		fputs(sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), stdout);
 	if (revs.parents) {
@@ -78,14 +75,16 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 		     parents = parents->next)
 			parents->item->object.flags &= ~TMP_MARK;
 	}
-	if (commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+	if (revs.commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
 		putchar(' ');
 	else
 		putchar('\n');
 
-	if (verbose_header) {
+	if (revs.verbose_header) {
 		static char pretty_header[16384];
-		pretty_print_commit(commit_format, commit, ~0, pretty_header, sizeof(pretty_header), abbrev);
+		pretty_print_commit(revs.commit_format, commit, ~0,
+				    pretty_header, sizeof(pretty_header),
+				    revs.abbrev);
 		printf("%s%c", pretty_header, hdr_termination);
 	}
 	fflush(stdout);
@@ -297,58 +296,16 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	struct commit_list *list;
 	int i;
 
+	init_revisions(&revs);
+	revs.abbrev = 0;
+	revs.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED;
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &revs, NULL);
 
 	for (i = 1 ; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 
-		/* accept -<digit>, like traditilnal "head" */
-		if ((*arg == '-') && isdigit(arg[1])) {
-			revs.max_count = atoi(arg + 1);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-n")) {
-			if (++i >= argc)
-				die("-n requires an argument");
-			revs.max_count = atoi(argv[i]);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strncmp(arg,"-n",2)) {
-			revs.max_count = atoi(arg + 2);
-			continue;
-		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--header")) {
-			verbose_header = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-abbrev")) {
-			abbrev = 0;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev")) {
-			abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev-commit")) {
-			abbrev_commit = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strncmp(arg, "--abbrev=", 9)) {
-			abbrev = strtoul(arg + 9, NULL, 10);
-			if (abbrev && abbrev < MINIMUM_ABBREV)
-				abbrev = MINIMUM_ABBREV;
-			else if (40 < abbrev)
-				abbrev = 40;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strncmp(arg, "--pretty", 8)) {
-			commit_format = get_commit_format(arg+8);
-			verbose_header = 1;
-			hdr_termination = '\n';
-			if (commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-				commit_prefix = "";
-			else
-				commit_prefix = "commit ";
+			revs.verbose_header = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--timestamp")) {
@@ -362,14 +319,27 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		usage(rev_list_usage);
 
 	}
+	if (revs.commit_format != CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED) {
+		/* The command line has a --pretty  */
+		hdr_termination = '\n';
+		if (revs.commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+			header_prefix = "";
+		else
+			header_prefix = "commit ";
+	}
+	else if (revs.verbose_header)
+		/* Only --header was specified */
+		revs.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_RAW;
 
 	list = revs.commits;
 
-	if (!list &&
-	    (!(revs.tag_objects||revs.tree_objects||revs.blob_objects) && !revs.pending_objects))
+	if ((!list &&
+	     (!(revs.tag_objects||revs.tree_objects||revs.blob_objects) &&
+	      !revs.pending_objects)) ||
+	    revs.diff)
 		usage(rev_list_usage);
 
-	save_commit_buffer = verbose_header;
+	save_commit_buffer = revs.verbose_header;
 	track_object_refs = 0;
 	if (bisect_list)
 		revs.limited = 1;
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index e1f9816bd7..dbd54da5ba 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -116,21 +116,27 @@ static void add_pending_object(struct rev_info *revs, struct object *obj, const
 	add_object(obj, &revs->pending_objects, NULL, name);
 }
 
-static struct commit *get_commit_reference(struct rev_info *revs, const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned int flags)
+static struct object *get_reference(struct rev_info *revs, const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct object *object;
 
 	object = parse_object(sha1);
 	if (!object)
 		die("bad object %s", name);
+	object->flags |= flags;
+	return object;
+}
+
+static struct commit *handle_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct object *object, const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned long flags = object->flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * Tag object? Look what it points to..
 	 */
 	while (object->type == tag_type) {
 		struct tag *tag = (struct tag *) object;
-		object->flags |= flags;
-		if (revs->tag_objects && !(object->flags & UNINTERESTING))
+		if (revs->tag_objects && !(flags & UNINTERESTING))
 			add_pending_object(revs, object, tag->tag);
 		object = parse_object(tag->tagged->sha1);
 		if (!object)
@@ -143,7 +149,6 @@ static struct commit *get_commit_reference(struct rev_info *revs, const char *na
 	 */
 	if (object->type == commit_type) {
 		struct commit *commit = (struct commit *)object;
-		object->flags |= flags;
 		if (parse_commit(commit) < 0)
 			die("unable to parse commit %s", name);
 		if (flags & UNINTERESTING) {
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ int rev_compare_tree(struct rev_info *revs, struct tree *t1, struct tree *t2)
 		return REV_TREE_DIFFERENT;
 	tree_difference = REV_TREE_SAME;
 	if (diff_tree_sha1(t1->object.sha1, t2->object.sha1, "",
-			   &revs->diffopt) < 0)
+			   &revs->pruning) < 0)
 		return REV_TREE_DIFFERENT;
 	return tree_difference;
 }
@@ -264,7 +269,7 @@ int rev_same_tree_as_empty(struct rev_info *revs, struct tree *t1)
 	empty.size = 0;
 
 	tree_difference = 0;
-	retval = diff_tree(&empty, &real, "", &revs->diffopt);
+	retval = diff_tree(&empty, &real, "", &revs->pruning);
 	free(tree);
 
 	return retval >= 0 && !tree_difference;
@@ -375,6 +380,9 @@ static void add_parents_to_list(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit, st
 	if (revs->prune_fn)
 		revs->prune_fn(revs, commit);
 
+	if (revs->no_walk)
+		return;
+
 	parent = commit->parents;
 	while (parent) {
 		struct commit *p = parent->item;
@@ -451,21 +459,13 @@ static void limit_list(struct rev_info *revs)
 	revs->commits = newlist;
 }
 
-static void add_one_commit(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
-{
-	if (!commit || (commit->object.flags & SEEN))
-		return;
-	commit->object.flags |= SEEN;
-	commit_list_insert(commit, &revs->commits);
-}
-
 static int all_flags;
 static struct rev_info *all_revs;
 
 static int handle_one_ref(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	struct commit *commit = get_commit_reference(all_revs, path, sha1, all_flags);
-	add_one_commit(commit, all_revs);
+	struct object *object = get_reference(all_revs, path, sha1, all_flags);
+	add_pending_object(all_revs, object, "");
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -479,9 +479,12 @@ static void handle_all(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned flags)
 void init_revisions(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	memset(revs, 0, sizeof(*revs));
-	revs->diffopt.recursive = 1;
-	revs->diffopt.add_remove = file_add_remove;
-	revs->diffopt.change = file_change;
+
+	revs->abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+	revs->ignore_merges = 1;
+	revs->pruning.recursive = 1;
+	revs->pruning.add_remove = file_add_remove;
+	revs->pruning.change = file_change;
 	revs->lifo = 1;
 	revs->dense = 1;
 	revs->prefix = setup_git_directory();
@@ -494,6 +497,10 @@ void init_revisions(struct rev_info *revs)
 
 	revs->topo_setter = topo_sort_default_setter;
 	revs->topo_getter = topo_sort_default_getter;
+
+	revs->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_DEFAULT;
+
+	diff_setup(&revs->diffopt);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -509,8 +516,6 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 	const char **unrecognized = argv + 1;
 	int left = 1;
 
-	init_revisions(revs);
-
 	/* First, search for "--" */
 	seen_dashdash = 0;
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
@@ -526,13 +531,14 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 
 	flags = 0;
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		struct commit *commit;
+		struct object *object;
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
 		char *dotdot;
 		int local_flags;
 
 		if (*arg == '-') {
+			int opts;
 			if (!strncmp(arg, "--max-count=", 12)) {
 				revs->max_count = atoi(arg + 12);
 				continue;
@@ -640,6 +646,76 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 				revs->unpacked = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "-r")) {
+				revs->diff = 1;
+				revs->diffopt.recursive = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "-t")) {
+				revs->diff = 1;
+				revs->diffopt.recursive = 1;
+				revs->diffopt.tree_in_recursive = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "-m")) {
+				revs->ignore_merges = 0;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "-c")) {
+				revs->diff = 1;
+				revs->combine_merges = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--cc")) {
+				revs->diff = 1;
+				revs->dense_combined_merges = 1;
+				revs->combine_merges = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "-v")) {
+				revs->verbose_header = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strncmp(arg, "--pretty", 8)) {
+				revs->verbose_header = 1;
+				revs->commit_format = get_commit_format(arg+8);
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--root")) {
+				revs->show_root_diff = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-commit-id")) {
+				revs->no_commit_id = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--always")) {
+				revs->always_show_header = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-abbrev")) {
+				revs->abbrev = 0;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev")) {
+				revs->abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev-commit")) {
+				revs->abbrev_commit = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--full-diff")) {
+				revs->diff = 1;
+				revs->full_diff = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			opts = diff_opt_parse(&revs->diffopt, argv+i, argc-i);
+			if (opts > 0) {
+				revs->diff = 1;
+				i += opts - 1;
+				continue;
+			}
 			*unrecognized++ = arg;
 			left++;
 			continue;
@@ -656,15 +732,15 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 				this = "HEAD";
 			if (!get_sha1(this, from_sha1) &&
 			    !get_sha1(next, sha1)) {
-				struct commit *exclude;
-				struct commit *include;
+				struct object *exclude;
+				struct object *include;
 
-				exclude = get_commit_reference(revs, this, from_sha1, flags ^ UNINTERESTING);
-				include = get_commit_reference(revs, next, sha1, flags);
+				exclude = get_reference(revs, this, from_sha1, flags ^ UNINTERESTING);
+				include = get_reference(revs, next, sha1, flags);
 				if (!exclude || !include)
 					die("Invalid revision range %s..%s", arg, next);
-				add_one_commit(exclude, revs);
-				add_one_commit(include, revs);
+				add_pending_object(revs, exclude, this);
+				add_pending_object(revs, include, next);
 				continue;
 			}
 			*dotdot = '.';
@@ -689,32 +765,57 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 			revs->prune_data = get_pathspec(revs->prefix, argv + i);
 			break;
 		}
-		commit = get_commit_reference(revs, arg, sha1, flags ^ local_flags);
-		add_one_commit(commit, revs);
+		object = get_reference(revs, arg, sha1, flags ^ local_flags);
+		add_pending_object(revs, object, arg);
 	}
-	if (def && !revs->commits) {
+	if (def && !revs->pending_objects) {
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
-		struct commit *commit;
+		struct object *object;
 		if (get_sha1(def, sha1) < 0)
 			die("bad default revision '%s'", def);
-		commit = get_commit_reference(revs, def, sha1, 0);
-		add_one_commit(commit, revs);
+		object = get_reference(revs, def, sha1, 0);
+		add_pending_object(revs, object, def);
 	}
 
 	if (revs->topo_order || revs->unpacked)
 		revs->limited = 1;
 
 	if (revs->prune_data) {
-		diff_tree_setup_paths(revs->prune_data, &revs->diffopt);
+		diff_tree_setup_paths(revs->prune_data, &revs->pruning);
 		revs->prune_fn = try_to_simplify_commit;
+		if (!revs->full_diff)
+			diff_tree_setup_paths(revs->prune_data, &revs->diffopt);
 	}
+	if (revs->combine_merges) {
+		revs->ignore_merges = 0;
+		if (revs->dense_combined_merges)
+			revs->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+	}
+	revs->diffopt.abbrev = revs->abbrev;
+	diff_setup_done(&revs->diffopt);
 
 	return left;
 }
 
 void prepare_revision_walk(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
-	sort_by_date(&revs->commits);
+	struct object_list *list;
+
+	list = revs->pending_objects;
+	revs->pending_objects = NULL;
+	while (list) {
+		struct commit *commit = handle_commit(revs, list->item, list->name);
+		if (commit) {
+			if (!(commit->object.flags & SEEN)) {
+				commit->object.flags |= SEEN;
+				insert_by_date(commit, &revs->commits);
+			}
+		}
+		list = list->next;
+	}
+
+	if (revs->no_walk)
+		return;
 	if (revs->limited)
 		limit_list(revs);
 	if (revs->topo_order)
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 4b27043510..48d7b4ca94 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define ADDED		(1u<<7)	/* Parents already parsed and added? */
 
 struct rev_info;
+struct log_info;
 
 typedef void (prune_fn_t)(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit);
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ struct rev_info {
 	/* Traversal flags */
 	unsigned int	dense:1,
 			no_merges:1,
+			no_walk:1,
 			remove_empty_trees:1,
 			lifo:1,
 			topo_order:1,
@@ -39,13 +41,32 @@ struct rev_info {
 			boundary:1,
 			parents:1;
 
+	/* Diff flags */
+	unsigned int	diff:1,
+			full_diff:1,
+			show_root_diff:1,
+			no_commit_id:1,
+			verbose_header:1,
+			ignore_merges:1,
+			combine_merges:1,
+			dense_combined_merges:1,
+			always_show_header:1;
+
+	/* Format info */
+	unsigned int	shown_one:1,
+			abbrev_commit:1;
+	unsigned int	abbrev;
+	enum cmit_fmt	commit_format;
+	struct log_info *loginfo;
+
 	/* special limits */
 	int max_count;
 	unsigned long max_age;
 	unsigned long min_age;
 
-	/* paths limiting */
+	/* diff info for patches and for paths limiting */
 	struct diff_options diffopt;
+	struct diff_options pruning;
 
 	topo_sort_set_fn_t topo_setter;
 	topo_sort_get_fn_t topo_getter;
diff --git a/t/t1200-tutorial.sh b/t/t1200-tutorial.sh
index 10024133e3..16b3ea9157 100755
--- a/t/t1200-tutorial.sh
+++ b/t/t1200-tutorial.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git diff HEAD' 'cmp diff.expect diff.output'
 #test_expect_success 'git-read-tree --reset HEAD' "git-read-tree --reset HEAD ; test \"hello: needs update\" = \"$(git-update-index --refresh)\""
 
 cat > whatchanged.expect << EOF
-diff-tree VARIABLE (from root)
+commit VARIABLE
 Author: VARIABLE
 Date:   VARIABLE
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ index 0000000..557db03
 EOF
 
 git-whatchanged -p --root | \
-	sed -e "1s/^\(.\{10\}\).\{40\}/\1VARIABLE/" \
+	sed -e "1s/^\(.\{7\}\).\{40\}/\1VARIABLE/" \
 		-e "2,3s/^\(.\{8\}\).*$/\1VARIABLE/" \
 > whatchanged.output
 test_expect_success 'git-whatchanged -p --root' 'cmp whatchanged.expect whatchanged.output'