From: Matthieu Moy Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:39:40 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC resend] diff-options: make --patch a synonym for -p Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1273741140.2516.15.camel@wpalmer.simply-domain> Will Palmer writes: > Re-sending, as this seems to have slipped under the radar last time. > In case a justification is non-obvious: -p has always meant "patch", and the > synonym (-u) has a long-form. I always find myself typing out the long-form > --patch, only to be surprised that it doesn't exist. This patch seeks to > correct what I can only assume was an oversight. Agreed. I'll still type -p, but explaining to newbies "git log --patch" is self-explanatory, while "git log -p" is non-obvious, especially when it's different from "git -p log"... -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/