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From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
	"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.email>,
	"Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
	"Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Sergey Organov" <sorganov@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 5/5] doc/diff-options: document new --diff-merges features
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 20:16:57 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210410171657.20159-6-sorganov@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210410171657.20159-1-sorganov@gmail.com>

Document changes in -m and --diff-merges=m semantics, as well as new
--diff-merges=default option.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/diff-options.txt | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index aa2b5c11f20b..31e2bacf5252 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif::git-diff[]
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifdef::git-log[]
---diff-merges=(off|none|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
+--diff-merges=(off|none|default|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
 --no-diff-merges::
 	Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is
 	{diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case
@@ -45,17 +45,24 @@ ifdef::git-log[]
 	Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override
 	implied value.
 +
+--diff-merges=default:::
+--diff-merges=m:::
+-m:::
+	This option makes diff output for merge commits to be shown in
+	the default format. `-m` will produce the output only if `-p`
+	is given as well. The default format could be changed using
+	`log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value
+	is `separate`.
++
 --diff-merges=first-parent:::
 --diff-merges=1:::
 	This option makes merge commits show the full diff with
 	respect to the first parent only.
 +
 --diff-merges=separate:::
---diff-merges=m:::
--m:::
 	This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to
 	each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated
-	for each parent. `-m` doesn't produce any output without `-p`.
+	for each parent.
 +
 --diff-merges=combined:::
 --diff-merges=c:::
-- 
2.25.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-04-10 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-07 22:55 [PATCH 0/9] git log: configurable default format for merge diffs Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 1/9] diff-merges: introduce --diff-merges=def Sergey Organov
2021-04-08 11:48   ` Philip Oakley
2021-04-08 14:21     ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-08 17:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-08 17:38         ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 2/9] diff-merges: refactor set_diff_merges() Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 3/9] diff-merges: introduce log.diffMerges config variable Sergey Organov
2021-04-08 21:37   ` SZEDER Gábor
2021-04-08 21:51     ` SZEDER Gábor
2021-04-08 22:01       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-08 23:04       ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 4/9] diff-merges: adapt -m to enable default diff format Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 5/9] t4013: add test for --diff-merges=def Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 6/9] t4013: add tests for log.diffMerges config Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 23:06   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-04-07 23:35     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-08 14:25     ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 7/9] t9902: fix completion tests for log.d* to match log.diffMerges Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 23:05   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-04-08 14:41     ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-08 19:50       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-04-08 20:26         ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-08 22:13           ` SZEDER Gábor
2021-04-08 23:07             ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 8/9] doc/diff-options: document new --diff-merges features Sergey Organov
2021-04-07 22:56 ` [PATCH 9/9] doc/config: document log.diffMerges Sergey Organov
2021-04-10 17:16 ` [PATCH v1 0/5] git log: configurable default format for merge diffs Sergey Organov
2021-04-10 17:16   ` [PATCH v1 1/5] diff-merges: introduce --diff-merges=default Sergey Organov
2021-04-10 17:16   ` [PATCH v1 2/5] diff-merges: refactor set_diff_merges() Sergey Organov
2021-04-10 17:16   ` [PATCH v1 3/5] diff-merges: adapt -m to enable default diff format Sergey Organov
2021-04-10 17:16   ` [PATCH v1 4/5] diff-merges: introduce log.diffMerges config variable Sergey Organov
2021-04-10 17:16   ` Sergey Organov [this message]
2021-04-11 16:13   ` [PATCH v1 0/5] git log: configurable default format for merge diffs Junio C Hamano
2021-04-11 18:04     ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-11 19:02       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-11 20:38         ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-11 21:58         ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-13 11:41 ` [PATCH v2 " Sergey Organov
2021-04-13 11:41   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] diff-merges: introduce --diff-merges=on Sergey Organov
2021-04-13 23:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-13 11:41   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] diff-merges: refactor set_diff_merges() Sergey Organov
2021-04-13 11:41   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] diff-merges: adapt -m to enable default diff format Sergey Organov
2021-04-13 11:41   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] diff-merges: introduce log.diffMerges config variable Sergey Organov
2021-04-15 20:21     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-16  8:30       ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-13 11:41   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] doc/diff-options: document new --diff-merges features Sergey Organov

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