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Re: [PATCH v2] git-config support for diff.relative setting

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2014, 02:58 UTC
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"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
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> From: <kelson@shysecurity.com>
>> By default, git-diff shows changes and pathnames relative to the
>> repository root. Setting the diff.relative config option to "true"
>> shows pathnames relative to the current directory and excludes
>> changes outside this directory (identical to "git diff --relative").
> Shouldn't this `(identical to "git diff --relative")` also be included
> in the documentation change? It would truly clarify the intenbt for
> the reader.

A configuration that sticks a non-default behaviour without a way to revert to the default is a no-no.

There should be a way to run non-relative diff in a repository that has the configuration set, perhaps by overriding with some command line option (e.g. "--no-relative").

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  1. git-config support for diff.relative settingkelson@shysecurity.com, Dec 20, 2014
  2. Philip OakleyDec 20, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2014
  4. kelson@shysecurity.comDec 21, 2014
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