# [PATCH] diff-options: make --patch a synonym for -p

1 messages from 2010-05-06 to 2010-05-06. Participants: Will Palmer.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23724

## Will Palmer, 2010-05-06 22:42

Subject: [PATCH] diff-options: make --patch a synonym for -p
Message-ID: <1273185764-9907-1-git-send-email-wmpalmer@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1273185764-9907-1-git-send-email-wmpalmer%40gmail.com

```
Here we simply make --patch a synonym for -p, whose mnemonic was "patch"
all along.

Signed-off-by: Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/diff-options.txt |    1 +
 diff.c                         |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index c9c6c2b..4a96859 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 -p::
 -u::
+--patch::
 	Generate patch (see section on generating patches).
 	{git-diff? This is the default.}
 endif::git-format-patch[]
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index d0ecbc3..8ea9f97 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2722,7 +2722,7 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
 	const char *arg = av[0];
 
 	/* Output format options */
-	if (!strcmp(arg, "-p") || !strcmp(arg, "-u"))
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "-p") || !strcmp(arg, "-u") || !strcmp(arg, "--patch"))
 		options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 	else if (opt_arg(arg, 'U', "unified", &options->context))
 		options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
-- 
1.7.1.rc1.12.ga6018.dirty

```