Re: Why doesn't `git log -m` imply `-p`?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 4, 2021, 12:38 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbl9q7jxf.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <87eeemhnj4.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>

Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:

> That said, what do we decide about -m to finally join -c/--cc party and
> start to imply -p? Last time we've discussed it, we decided that -m has
> been simply overlooked when -c/--cc started to imply -p. Should we
> finally fix this?

I thought I already said this, but in case I didn't, I think "--diff-merges=separate" should imply "some kind of diff", and not necessarily "-p".

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