From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:54:59 GMT
Subject: Re: git diff: add option for omitting the contents of deletes
Message-ID: <7v7hclulz0.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4D6A6291.8050206@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

> 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.

There is a big difference: -M and -C lets your recipient reproduce the
state using the change you are trying to convey with the diff output in
either direction (iow, "apply -R" works), but your "-D" would not have
that property.