Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] rebase: remove completely useless -C option

>
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 06:27, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > As per the git-apply documentation for the `-C` option:
> >     Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match...When fewer
> >     lines of surrounding context exist they all must match.
> >
> > The fact that format-patch was not passed a -U option to increase the
> > number of context lines meant that there would still only be 3 lines of
> > context to match on.  So, anyone attempting to use this option in
> > git-rebase would just be spinning their wheels and wasting time.  I was
> > one such user a number of years ago.
>
> I suppose someone might have something like GIT_DIFF_OPTS="--unified=20"
> meaning they would actually have more context for their `-C` to act on.
> So I guess there is a chance that someone somewhere has actually been
> able to make use of `git rebase -C` after all? I'm not really arguing
> either way -- just noting the possibility, as remote as it may be.
>
> Martin