# [PATCH] Documentation: call "similarity index" just "score".

1 messages from 2005-05-29 to 2005-05-29. Participants: Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/755

## Junio C Hamano, 2005-05-29 04:21

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: call "similarity index" just "score".
Message-ID: <7vvf52r7aw.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vvf52r7aw.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net

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It really is an internal "score" number and will not necessarily
stay "similarity index" forever.  Document so that Porcelain can
be prepared to see numbers to follow the status letter.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Documentation/diff-format.txt |    2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ That is, from the left to the right:
   (6) sha1 for "src"; 0{40} if creation or unmerged.
   (7) a space.
   (8) sha1 for "dst"; 0{40} if creation, unmerged or "look at work tree".
-  (9) status, followed by similarlity index number only for C and R.
+  (9) status, followed by optional "score" number.
  (10) a tab or a NUL when '-z' option is used.
  (11) path for "src"
  (12) a tab or a NUL when '-z' option is used; only exists for C or R.
------------------------------------------------


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