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From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] diff-merges: introduce --diff-merges=def
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:38:14 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o8eo7k3d.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8s5svg8b.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:27:48 -0700")

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> writes:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 07/04/2021 23:56, Sergey Organov wrote:
>>>> Introduce the notion of default diff format for merges, and the option
>>>> "def" to select it. The default is "separate" and can't yet be
>>> "def" feels a bit too short and sounds similar to "define" - why not
>>> spell out in full?
>>
>> Dunno, it just happened. No sound reason. Will change to "default" for
>> the next re-roll.
>
> I do not immediately see the point of writing --diff-merges=default
> on the command line in the first place.  If what it calls for is the
> default, wouldn't it be easier to just leave it out?

It does enable output of diffs for merge commits, so it's not the same
as leaving it out. The "default" is the exact format it will use for the
output.

Or do you mean using bare "--diff-merges", without "=value"? It is
considered bad practice, right?

>
> But if we have to have it as one of the choice, please do not invent
> such an abbreviation, especially without taking the fully-spelled
> form.

I think we have to, see above, and yes, I'll turn it to the full form.

Thanks,

-- Sergey Organov

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-08 17:38 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 [this message]
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   ` [PATCH v1 5/5] doc/diff-options: document new --diff-merges features Sergey Organov
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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