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Re: [PATCH] diff-options: document default similarity index

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Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au>
Date
Jul 5, 2013, 10:00 UTC
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On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 02:00:40AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au> writes:
> 
> > The default similarity index of 50% is documented in gitdiffcore(7)
> > but it is worth also mentioning it in the description of the
> > -M/--find-renames option.
> 
> Is it?  I am not sure if it is worth it.

The -M description goes on at some length to explain how to specify a particular value. Surely a brief mention of the default value is also warranted, especially since the pointer to gitdiffcore(7) for a more detailed explanation of the options appears quite a way below.

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