Re: [PATCH] doc: git-diff: rewrite EXAMPLES section

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 3, 2026, 21:42 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5wyd6193.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ff8c1473-aaf0-4737-9ddc-5275e6ef70a2@app.fastmail.com>

"Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca> writes:

> It's very hard to understand from the Git history the reasons for
> adding examples that were added 20 years ago, for example
> in 803f498c03b where these were added, especially since the commit
> messages from 20 years ago tend to be a lot more terse.

Sure. But that is why you send patches here to invite people to comment on.

> I do hear that AUTO_MERGE was added more recently.