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Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 10, 2023, 00:24 UTC
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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
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>> >> In my opinion, --remerge-diff does this better; wouldn't we want a
>> >> ...
>> > Between -c and --cc, I do not think there is anything that makes us
>> > favor -c over --cc.  While the algorithm to decide which hunks out
>> > of -c's output to omit was being polished, comparison with -c served
>> > a good way to give baseline, but once --cc has become solid, I do
>> > not think I've used -c myself.
>
> Perhaps, then, the user manual should either omit -c, or recommend
> users use --cc instead?
I do not think I'd miss "-c", but I do not know about others.
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>> > I personally find that a very trivial merge resolution is far easier
>> > to read with --cc than --remerge-diff, the latter being way too
>> > verbose.
>
> Ah, indeed, for those that know the --cc output format well (it takes
> a bit to figure out for newcomers), your example demonstrates this
> nicely.  Thanks.

Yup. And newcomers would take a bit to figure out remerge-diff output, too, so my answers were written from the "nobody will stay newcomer forever. now once they get proficient enough, which ones are good for them" viewpoint.

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Message 43 of 55 in “diff-merges: introduce '-d' option”
  1. 0/2 diff-merges: introduce '-d' optionSergey Organov, Sep 9, 2023
  2. 2/2 diff-merges: introduce '-d' optionSergey Organov, Sep 9, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2023
  4. Sergey OrganovSep 12, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2023
  6. Sergey OrganovSep 14, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2023
  8. Sergey OrganovSep 16, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2023
  10. Sergey OrganovSep 26, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2023
  12. Sergey OrganovSep 26, 2023
  13. 1/2 diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentationSergey Organov, Sep 9, 2023
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2023
  15. Sergey OrganovSep 12, 2023
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2023
  17. Sergey OrganovSep 18, 2023
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2023
  19. Sergey OrganovSep 19, 2023
  20. 0/2 diff-merges: introduce '-d' optionSergey Organov, Sep 20, 2023
  21. 2/2 diff-merges: introduce '-d' optionSergey Organov, Sep 20, 2023
  22. 1/2 diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentationSergey Organov, Sep 20, 2023
  23. 0/3 diff-merges: introduce '--dd' optionSergey Organov, Oct 4, 2023
  24. 2/3 diff-merges: introduce '--dd' optionSergey Organov, Oct 4, 2023
  25. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2023
  26. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  27. 1/3 diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentationSergey Organov, Oct 4, 2023
  28. Eric SunshineOct 4, 2023
  29. Sergey OrganovOct 4, 2023
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2023
  31. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2023
  33. Elijah NewrenOct 6, 2023
  34. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  35. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  36. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2023
  37. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  38. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2023
  39. Elijah NewrenOct 7, 2023
  40. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2023
  41. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2023
  42. Elijah NewrenOct 9, 2023
  43. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2023
  44. [silly] worldview documents?Junio C Hamano, Oct 10, 2023
  45. Emily ShafferOct 10, 2023
  46. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  47. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  48. 3/3 completion: complete '--dd'Sergey Organov, Oct 4, 2023
  49. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2023
  50. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2023
  51. 0/3 diff-merges: introduce '--dd' optionSergey Organov, Oct 9, 2023
  52. 2/3 diff-merges: introduce '--dd' optionSergey Organov, Oct 9, 2023
  53. 1/3 diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentationSergey Organov, Oct 9, 2023
  54. 3/3 completion: complete '--dd'Sergey Organov, Oct 9, 2023
  55. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2023

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