Re: [PATCH v3] diff: add config option relative

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 17, 2020, 15:07 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpnb27g76.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <92cb6302-09a8-6780-9398-890b1e766680@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

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>> @@ -5494,6 +5501,9 @@ static void prep_parse_options(struct diff_options *options)
>>   			       N_("when run from subdir, exclude changes outside and show relative paths"),
>>   			       PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_OPTARG,
>>   			       diff_opt_relative),
>> +		OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "no-relative", &options->flags.relative_name,
>> +			      N_("disable diff.relative config option"),
>> +			      0, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
>
> Rather than adding a new option, it would be better to modify the
> existing --relative option. If you remove PARSE_OPT_NONEG from the
> declaration above it will support --no-relative. You will also need to
> modify diff_opt_relative() to handle clearing the option.

Excellent.