From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:08:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [2.22.0] difftool no longer passes through to git diff if diff.tool is unset
Message-ID: <20190626180821.GA23857@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <BL0PR0901MB4466FF7338C085ADBBF594898AE30@BL0PR0901MB4466.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:09:08PM +0000, Pugh, Logan wrote:

> > Or in your case I suppose even better would just be an
> > option like "--if-not-configured-just-use-regular-diff". Then it would
> > do what you want, without impacting users who do want the interactive
> > setup.
> 
> If such an option was considered I would be in favor of it. Maybe call 
> it "--no-tutorial" or perhaps "--diff-fallback".
> 
> But having fixed my app, I'm content with the status quo too, now.

Yeah, those are definitely better names. :)

I think we're on the same page about a good path forward, then. I don't
plan to work on this myself, but maybe it would be a good #leftoverbits
candidate for somebody wanting to get started on modifying Git.

-Peff