From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:38:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] git log: configurable default format for merge diffs
Message-ID: <87sg3w4kw6.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo8ekhcfy.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 2. We have descriptive long name for every other option, and it'd be an
>> exception if we'd have none for --diff-merges=m. In fact, it's
>> --diff-merges=m that could have been removed, but it'd break resemblance
>> with --cc and -c that both do have their --diff-merges=cc and
>> --diff-merges=c counterparts.
>
> Hmph, a devil's advocate in me suspects that it may just be arguing
> why user-configurable 'default' is a bad idea, though.

What feels bad about it? Is there something inherently wrong with an
ability to configure a default and then request that default to be
applied, using command-line option?

-- Sergey Organov