From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:14:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] git-diff.txt: fix ordering of the [--no-index] form
Message-ID: <20130424191453.GG29963@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0n2zFp1t7qtKp8-Ohoz0QEn4BQrfvxzqt+qwLS5+sNdHQ@mail.gmail.com>

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> Maybe it would make sense to move towards eliminating the "implicit
>> --no-index for paths outside the repository" trick.  I use "git diff
>> --no-index" all the time, but I always spell it out to be careful.
>
> Huh?  Why do you want to endure the pain of spelling it out, when your
> intent is perfectly clear?

Because typing paths does not make my intent perfectly clear.

> What would make sense is a tristate diff.no-index:

Oh please no.

Hope that helps,
Jonathan