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Re: [PATCH] Improve documentation for --dirstat diff option

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 1, 2008, 10:29 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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> Heikki Orsila wrote:
> ...
>> +       can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Damage for a child directory is not
>> +       counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.
>
> I rather prefer "impact" to "damage". And it should probably be 
> "child directory _shown_".

The word "damage" did raise my eyebrow as well, even though I knew it came from the wording of the variable to compute it, and coming from somebody like Linus it somewhat sounds funny ;-) I was going to suggest using a more neutral "change" in the end user documentation.

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  1. Improve documentation for --dirstat diff optionHeikki Orsila, Sep 1, 2008
  2. Jakub NarebskiSep 1, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2008
  4. Heikki OrsilaSep 1, 2008

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