Re: [PATCH 1/2] [RFC] Use --find- instead of --detect- as prefix for long forms of -M and -C.

>> So I think using the same verb would make sense, either by introducing a
>> new synonym "detect-copies-harder", or by giving longer "find-copies" and
>> "find-renames" options to not-so-hard ones.
>
> Given my druthers, I'd prefer to go with --detect-copies-harder, but at this
> point I don't have as much of a strong preference anymore.

> -Kevin Ballard
>
> -- 8< --
> Subject: [PATCH] diff: add --detect-copies-harder as a synonym for --find-copies-harder
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/diff-options.txt |    1 +
>  diff.c                         |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
> index f3e9538..7246e10 100644
> --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
> @@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ endif::git-log[]
>  	If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`.
>  
>  --find-copies-harder::
> +--detect-copies-harder::
>  	For performance reasons, by default, `-C` option finds copies only
>  	if the original file of the copy was modified in the same
>  	changeset.  This flag makes the command
> diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
> index 6991ed4..faa8dc0 100644
> --- a/diff.c
> +++ b/diff.c
> @@ -3198,7 +3198,7 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
>  		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, TEXT);
>  	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-R"))
>  		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, REVERSE_DIFF);
> -	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--find-copies-harder"))
> +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--find-copies-harder") || !strcmp(arg, "--detect-copies-harder"))
>  		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, FIND_COPIES_HARDER);
>  	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--follow"))
>  		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, FOLLOW_RENAMES);
> -- 
> 1.7.3.2.615.g83f72.dirty