Re: [PATCH] diff: resurrect the traditional empty "diff --git" behaviour

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 3, 2007, 08:36 UTC
Message-ID: <7vbqckm9gv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <vpqveasmaqo.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:

> I'd rather avoid talking about plumbing in the documentation of
> porcelain, so I'd say "silently refreshes the index's stat
> information".

Sounds like a much better wording.

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