From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 00:41:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] range-diff: internally force `diff.noprefix=false`
Message-ID: <xmqqv9t6d5iy.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4l0qewu5.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> writes:
>
>> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>>
>> When parsing the diffs, `range-diff` expects to see the prefixes `a/`
>> and `b/` in the diff headers.
>
> If so, passing src/dst prefix as command line option is a much
> better solution, I think.  diff.noprefix may not stay to be (or it
> may already not to be) the only thing how the prefix gets chosen.

That is, "--src-prefix=a/ --dst-prefix=b/", so that configuration
variables yet to be invented for setting prefixes different from a/
and b/ can also be overridden, not just diff.noprefix (ancient Git
used l/ and k/ as src and dst prefix, IIRC).