Re: Possible bug: --ext-diff ignored with --cc in git log

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 11, 2016, 19:08 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqr3fgal3j.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160311185828.GA31750@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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>> It happens that the above is fairly easily doable with today's Git
>> without any modification.  Here is how.
>> [...]
>
> I think an even easier way is:
>
>   git log --cc --raw
>
> I know that is somewhat beside the point you are making, which is how we
> should handle "--cc" with ext-diff. But I would much rather have us
> show nothing for that case, and let the user turn on "--raw", than to
> invent a diff-looking format that does not actually represent the file
> contents.

Sorry, but I am not sure where you are trying to go with this.

I understand that the original issue was that Vadim wants to suppress reams of differences for _some_ paths but still wants to benefit from the textual summarized diff for all the other paths. Giving "--raw" would be global, and would affect other paths, no?