Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] diff-merges: introduce '--dd' option

> Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This option provides a shortcut to request diff with respect to first
>> parent for any kind of commit, universally. It's implemented as pure
>> synonym for "--diff-merges=first-parent --patch".
>
> That explains what the patch does, but it does not tell us why it is
> useful [*].
>
>> NOTE: originally proposed as '-d', and renamed to '--dd' due to Junio
>> request to keep "short-and-sweet" '-d' reserved for other uses.
>
> The note is not grammatical, and more importantly, readers of "git
> log" 6 months down the road would not care.  I'd rather not see it
> in the proposed log message.  It is suitable material to place after
> the three-dash line, or in the cover letter for the iteration.