Ooh, thanks. I think I can get away with git log -p to fetch the whole enchilada.

There are just so many things in the git CLI that are a single step away from being usable by default. For example, in Gitlab by default you see a tag to let you know if a branch has been merged. I can do the same in cli by exploring my flag options, but that time adds up for every little convenience that happens to be missing. (And as Gitlab shows, it's not impossible to choose a set of default conveniences that cover the bases for an enormous percentage of the users.)

I'll definitely look into that jumping pattern, too. Thanks for the hints!