From: Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:33:07 GMT
Subject: Re: git diff: add option for omitting the contents of deletes
Message-ID: <AANLkTik+MPPYOm+O5cmFur_2DKKy0bt9i0XeuKbHbaJU@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D6A6291.8050206@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Junio, jokes aside, do you think this is useful?
Would you accept a patch that implements this?

Micheal, thanks for the indirect + :). Is it +0 or +1?

Best,
MS

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 26.02.2011 21:11:
>> Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Paging through deletes adds a cognitive burden when reviewing code.
>>
>> Wasn't the ability to say '/^diff --git ' in your pager invented for
>> exactly for that?
>
> Wasn't the pager invented for sifting through output which has to be
> several pages, but not not for that which could be more concise? ;)
>
> In fact, -D would be quite analogous to -M and -C in that respect.
>
> Michael
>