From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:07:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch.txt: don't show -s as shorthand for multiple options
Message-ID: <xmqqr3el3zox.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRMti0ayBMS2TTUc-Og=X-Pu2yeHxHOS74fw=X8BTsjhQ@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

>> Given that the ifndef/endif block immediately before this part is
>> also about excluding -p/-u/--patch when formatting the documentation
>> for format-patch, perhaps the attached may be a smaller equivalent?
>
> Perhaps. I kept self-contained to make it easier to add new options
> between the two if need be, but I don't feel strongly about it.

I don't either, but the reason why I thought it would make sense to
have them in the same block is because hiding --no-patch and --patch
are about the same theme: format-patch is about presenting the diff,
and neither disabling diff output nor explicitly asking for diff
output makes sense.

So...