Re: Discussion for interactive --patch commands to get --unified support

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 30, 2025, 14:40 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CAP9jKjF5suY6mx19knKwWAEHrTJ_meWhktOuMTFixq0hmFsjuA@mail.gmail.com>

Leon Michalak <leonmichalak6@gmail.com> writes:

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> With all that being said, I propose the following:
> - inheriting `diff.context` and `diff.interhunkcontext` as the
> defaults for the various interactive/patch commands
> - be able to override these defaults on the command line with
> `-U<n>/--unified=<n>` and `--inter-hunk-context=<n>` respectively

I think the usage pattern when people use "add -p" and "diff" are different (with "add -p", you get only one hunk at a time, and you may want a bit wider context to avoid getting disoriented, for example) and I agree that it may be useful to be able to specify different context lengths for them, which the above should cover nicely.