From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:54:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] Introduce config variable "diff.primer"
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901261152320.14855@racer>
In-Reply-To: <20090126031206.GB14277@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi,

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Jeff King wrote:

> So if you just want this from the command line, then I think it is safe 
> to have "git diff" always respect "diff.primer", and scripts shouldn't 
> be impacted.

But as Keith made clear, he wanted to use it from _git-gui_.  Which 
-- naturally -- _has_ to use plumbing, to guarantee a stable interface.

So "fixing" this in "git diff" is the wrong place; anything else than 
teaching "git gui" to remember user-defined diff options and to use them 
would be a complicator's glove.

Ciao,
Dscho