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Re: [PATCH] whatchanged: customize diff-tree output

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Dec 22, 2005, 06:48 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0512212245440.4827@g5.osdl.org>
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> 
> How about doing something like this patch first, and then decide
> what the default should be?
> 
> I would recommend "--pretty -r --name-status -M" as the default.
> But I am not particularly interested in imposing my preference
> over that of Linus to the end users.

I'm certainly ok with the short format by default. And making it configurable per repo sounds fine, although at the same time I wonder if that perhaps confuses people more (something that works in one project one way works subtly differently in another project..)

		Linus
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Message 3 of 9 in “Use --abbrev in git-whatchanged”
  1. Use --abbrev in git-whatchangedJohannes Schindelin, Dec 21, 2005
  2. whatchanged: customize diff-tree outputJunio C Hamano, Dec 22, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsDec 22, 2005
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 22, 2005
  5. Alex RiesenDec 22, 2005
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 22, 2005
  7. Alex RiesenDec 23, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 24, 2005

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