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Re: [PATCH] config.txt: fix placement of diff.noprefix

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 10, 2010, 16:32 UTC
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Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com> writes:
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> In git-config(1), diff.noprefix was placed in between
> diff.mnemonicprefix and the list of mnemonic prefixes, which is
> obviously incorrect and very confusing to readers.  Now, it is located
> after the end of the explanation of mnemonicprefix, which makes much
> more sense.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/config.txt |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index d294dd6..d82c0da 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -813,8 +813,6 @@ diff.mnemonicprefix::
>  	standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared.  When
>  	this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
>  	the order of the prefixes:
> -diff.noprefix::
> -	If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
>  `git diff`;;
>  	compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
>  `git diff HEAD`;;
> @@ -826,6 +824,9 @@ diff.noprefix::
>  `git diff --no-index a b`;;
>  	compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
>  
> +diff.noprefix::
> +	If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
> +
>  diff.renameLimit::
>  	The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
>  	detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
Good eyes, thanks.  How did that happen I wonder...
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