From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 19:34:42 GMT
Subject: Re: Can we clarify the purpose of `git diff -s`?
Message-ID: <xmqqilcxpcml.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqv8gxpd8r.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> --patch. Thus, making --no-patch a synonym for -s was a mistake in the
>> first place that leaked through review process at that time, and
>>
>>    git show --format="%ad" --no-patch
>>
>> will still work the same way even if we fix --no-patch to disable
>> --patch only.
>
> Not so fast.  I have a show.outputFormat configuration variable to

Sorry, but please insert "patch cooking" before that "to" or I'd
waste your time going through the configuration variable
documentation.