Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Better support for customising context lines in --patch commands

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 30, 2025, 16:16 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwm8t2oin.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1915.v3.git.1751128486.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> Leon Michalak (4):
>   test: use "test_grep"
>   test: use "test_config"

These make it sound as if they touch all test scripts under t/ but apparently that is not what this series is doing (and we do not want to see a huge churn like that anyway). Would something like

    t: use test_grep in t3701, t4055, and t9902

work better?

>   add-patch: respect diff.context configuration
>   add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides

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