From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Nathan Faulkner <natedogith1@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff: document what --name-only shows
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 18:35:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7cfmiq6t.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4c4049e9-f5fa-41c3-8a6a-df4fca2f07f1@gmail.com> (Nathan Faulkner's message of "Sat, 18 May 2024 15:10:01 -0400")
Nathan Faulkner <natedogith1@gmail.com> writes:
> This new description sounds to me like it only shows files that exist
> in the to-commit, not any files that were deleted.
True.
The thing is "diff" works on pair of files from old side and new
side, so a removed path still conceptually exists on both sides as a
change from
<old path name, old state (has certain contents)>
to
<new path name, new state (no longer exists)>
It is the same story for a created path.
Having learned that, a proposal to rephrase the updated
documentation is very much welcomed.
Thanks.
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2024-05-17 17:14 [PATCH] diff: document what --name-only shows Junio C Hamano
2024-05-18 19:10 ` Nathan Faulkner
2024-05-22 1:35 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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