Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation
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Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
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- Oct 6, 2023, 17:02 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes: > >>> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt >>> @@ -43,66 +43,74 @@ endif::git-diff[] >>> +-m:: >>> + Show diffs for merge commits in the default format. This is >>> + similar to '--diff-merges=on' (which see) except `-m` will >>> + produce no output unless `-p` is given as well. >> >> I'm having difficulty grasping the parenthetical "(which see)" comment. > > I am, too. I know what it means when written in the more common > Latin abbreviation (q.v.), but I suspect it may be rare to spell it > in English like this. I found
Well, I didn't invent it, and didn't lookup it until asked, it just popped-up out of my head somehow.
I'll remove it as causes confusion.
Thanks, -- Sergey Organov