Re: [PATCH 3/3] format-patch: learn --[no-]range-diff-notes

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 28, 2026, 17:13 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpkz24193.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <9335a35f-e9c0-4e62-812c-e5855c201003@app.fastmail.com>

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:

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>> I do not know.  My preference actually is not to introuce a new
>> option whose interaction with the existing --notes option cannot be
>> defined in simple terms.
>
> Let's drop this topic then.

That is fine by me. I was hoping that you'd come up with a way to add this new option with simpler-to-explain interactions. E.g., when only --notes exists on the command line, it is used as the material compared by the range-diff and as the material inserted into the final output, but when both options exist, they work independently, i.e., --notes gets used only as the final output, while --range-diff-notes gets used only for comparison material, or something like that.