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Re: [PATCH] Add the diff option --no-defaults

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 16, 2009, 09:25 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0904161124000.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:37:42AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > >   1. You could loosen (1) above by assuming that --no-defaults will
> > >      never appears as the argument to an option, and therefore any time
> > >      you find it, it should be respected. Thus your first parse is just
> > >      a simple loop looking for the option.
> > 
> > I go with 1)
> 
> This feels very hack-ish to me, but perhaps this is a case of "perfect
> is the enemy of the good".

I have a strong feeling that none of our diff/rev options can sanely take a parameter looking like "--defaults" or "--no-defaults".

But I do not have the time to audit the options.  Maybe you have?

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. 1/2 Introduce config variable "diff.primer"Keith Cascio, Feb 2, 2009
  2. 2/2 Test functionality of new config variable "diff.primer"Keith Cascio, Feb 2, 2009
  3. 0/2 Introduce config variable "diff.primer"Keith Cascio, Feb 2, 2009
  4. 0/2 Introduce config variable "diff.primer"Keith Cascio, Feb 2, 2009
  5. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2009
  6. Keith CascioFeb 3, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2009
  8. Keith CascioFeb 4, 2009
  9. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2009
  10. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2009
  12. Keith CascioFeb 9, 2009
  13. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2009
  14. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2009
  15. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2009
  17. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  18. Keith CascioFeb 15, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  20. Keith CascioFeb 17, 2009
  21. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2009
  22. Keith CascioMar 17, 2009
  23. Jeff KingMar 20, 2009
  24. Keith CascioMar 20, 2009
  25. Jeff KingMar 20, 2009
  26. Introduce config variable "diff.defaultoptions"Keith Cascio, Mar 21, 2009
  27. Allow setting default diff options via diff.defaultOptionsJohannes Schindelin, Mar 21, 2009
  28. Keith CascioApr 3, 2009
  29. Johannes SchindelinApr 9, 2009
  30. Jeff KingApr 9, 2009
  31. Johannes SchindelinApr 9, 2009
  32. Jeff KingApr 10, 2009
  33. Add the diff option --no-defaultsJohannes Schindelin, Apr 13, 2009
  34. Jeff KingApr 16, 2009
  35. Johannes SchindelinApr 16, 2009
  36. Jeff KingApr 16, 2009
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2009
  38. Johannes SchindelinApr 16, 2009
  39. Jeff KingApr 17, 2009
  40. Johannes SchindelinApr 17, 2009
  41. Keith CascioApr 18, 2009
  42. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2009
  43. Keith CascioApr 18, 2009
  44. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2009
  45. Keith CascioApr 9, 2009
  46. Keith CascioApr 9, 2009
  47. Johannes SchindelinApr 9, 2009
  48. Jeff KingApr 9, 2009
  49. Jakub NarebskiFeb 3, 2009
  50. Keith CascioFeb 3, 2009

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