Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] git log: configurable default format for merge diffs

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 11, 2021, 19:02 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo8ekhcfy.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <87wnt84s0h.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>

Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:

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> 2. We have descriptive long name for every other option, and it'd be an
> exception if we'd have none for --diff-merges=m. In fact, it's
> --diff-merges=m that could have been removed, but it'd break resemblance
> with --cc and -c that both do have their --diff-merges=cc and
> --diff-merges=c counterparts.

Hmph, a devil's advocate in me suspects that it may just be arguing why user-configurable 'default' is a bad idea, though.

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