Re: [PATCH] diff: add --no-indicators option

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 19, 2025, 14:27 UTC
Message-ID: <f141e335-9729-4f09-86b2-12a39f24837a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20251219114602.96489-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>

On 19/12/2025 11:46, Harald Nordgren wrote:

> Hi Phillip!
> 
> Yeah, getting rid of the extra space in the beginning would be preferable,
> I can take a look at that assuming that this has any chance of getting merged.

I can't say whether any given patch will be merged or not. All I can say is that if there is support for an idea on the mailing list and someone submits a sensible implementation then it is likely to be merged. If people on the mailing list are generally unconvinced something is a good idea then it is unlikely to be merged.

If you want to restore some lines from a previous version of the file then it would be worth trying out "git restore -p" as Ben suggested. If there is some other use for this then it would be helpful to understand a bit more about it. I'm struggling to see why it would be useful to be able to copy and paste a mixture of insertions and deletions without the '+' and '-' indicators. There was some discussion a while ago about being able to view just the new version of the file[1] would it make sense to just show the old or new version when the indicators are omitted?

Thanks

Phillip

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAHk-=wgh8emJn-+FtxN=m_SCPiP6cGKHU-5ozzV9tWBMxn+xcA@mail.gmail.com

> Harald
>