From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:41:21 GMT
Subject: Re: git diff: add option for omitting the contents of deletes
Message-ID: <4D6A6291.8050206@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vk4gm7dz3.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 26.02.2011 21:11:
> Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Paging through deletes adds a cognitive burden when reviewing code.
> 
> Wasn't the ability to say '/^diff --git ' in your pager invented for
> exactly for that?

Wasn't the pager invented for sifting through output which has to be
several pages, but not not for that which could be more concise? ;)

In fact, -D would be quite analogous to -M and -C in that respect.

Michael