Re: [PATCH] Revert 'diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p"'

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

I won't. I asked you what I didn't understand in what you said. Answering the question is not being argumentative ;-)

I do not agree with this reasoning at all. Only if vast majority of users incorrectly used the command and the option, we may need to consider such a move as an exception, but not as a general rule.

But "stash list" example shows that "log --first-parent -m" without "-p" in a script has a valid reason, and a change that hurts those who correctly used a command and an option in a way they were intended to do _is_ problematic.

Thanks.