Re: [PATCH 5/5] git-diff.txt: fix ordering of the [--no-index] form

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>

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Apr 24, 2013, 18:29 UTC

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Junio C Hamano wrote:

> The "--no-index" mode was a hack to allow "git diff" goodies to be
> used outside the context of "git", and a proper execution of it
> should have been to send patches to GNU or BSD diff maintainers, not
> to add the "--no-index" option that is unrelated to "git" to our
> code.

Yeah, I know.  I use it instead of diff all the time.

> I think it is more correct to list it as a footnote and list
> separately from the main text, which is what the original SYNOPSIS
> section does.