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Re: diff --minimal as default?

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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Jan 19, 2012, 14:22 UTC
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Victor Engmark <victor.engmark@gmail.com> writes:
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> Git v1.7.8 supports `diff --minimal`. I've got cycles to spare and
> usually small files - Is there (or will there be) a configuration
> option to set this as the default? If not I'll just use an alias, but
> there should still be an inverse option to be able to override it in
> special cases.
AFAIK no config option is planned; you could make a patch :-)

But there's --no-minimal, following the usual pattern for boolean options.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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  1. Victor EngmarkJan 19, 2012
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