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Re: [PATCH] diff: add config option relative

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 16, 2020, 00:04 UTC
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"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
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> On 2020-05-15 at 15:57:06, Laurent Arnoud wrote:
>> The `diff.relative` boolean option set to `true` to show only changes on the
>> current directory and show relative pathnames.
>
> Usually when we implement configuration settings like this, we implement
> an option value, such as --no-relative, so that users or scripting tools
> can disable this feature if they need to.  However, I don't see that in
> this series.  Would adding such a feature be possible?

I think I saw a variant that does have --[no-]foobar support on the list, but I may be hallucinating. You definitely would want it, or you've broken "format-patch" forever without a knob to countermand the configuration (well, you can still say "git -c diff.foobar=no" but that's kind of cheating).

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Message 5 of 39 in “diff: add config option relative”
  1. diff: add config option relativeLaurent Arnoud, May 15, 2020
  2. Philip OakleyMay 15, 2020
  3. Laurent ArnoudMay 16, 2020
  4. brian m. carlsonMay 15, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2020
  6. Laurent ArnoudMay 16, 2020
  7. Laurent ArnoudMay 16, 2020
  8. Phillip WoodMay 16, 2020
  9. Laurent ArnoudMay 16, 2020
  10. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 17, 2020
  11. Danh DoanMay 17, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  13. Laurent ArnoudMay 18, 2020
  14. Shourya ShuklaMay 18, 2020
  15. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 18, 2020
  16. Laurent ArnoudMay 18, 2020
  17. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 18, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  19. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 18, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  21. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 19, 2020
  22. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2020
  23. diff: add config option relativeLaurent Arnoud, May 19, 2020
  24. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 19, 2020
  25. diff: add config option relativeLaurent Arnoud, May 22, 2020
  26. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 23, 2020
  27. Laurent ArnoudMay 22, 2020
  28. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  29. Laurent ArnoudMay 18, 2020
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  31. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  32. Eric SunshineMay 18, 2020
  33. Đoàn Trần Công DanhMay 18, 2020
  34. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  35. Laurent ArnoudMay 18, 2020
  36. Eric SunshineMay 18, 2020
  37. Laurent ArnoudMay 18, 2020
  38. Laurent ArnoudMay 18, 2020
  39. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020

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