Re: [PATCH] revision: --include-diversions adds helpful merges

> Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>>> In my latest attempt at documentation, I called these merges "diverters"
>>>> yet still used "--include-diversions". Here are a few other words that we
>>>> could use:
>>>>
>>>>  * diverters or diversions
>>>>  * redirects
>>>>  * switches (think railroad switch). Synonym: exchange
>>>>  * detours
>>> ...none of the above tells me that they are not no-op (in other
>>> words, they do something meaningful), so I must be coming from
>>> a direction different from you are.  What redirects from what other
>>> thing, for example?
>> The merges do something meaningful: they "merge in" a "real" change.
> Yes, but "redirect", "switch", "detour", or "divert" do not quite
> mean "merging in a real change", at least to me.
>
>> I'll just submit my v2 as-is, which includes a significant change to
>> the documentation that should make things more clear.
> Thanks.