Re: [PATCH] diff: added '-q' option, short option for '--quiet'

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/diff-options.txt | 1 +
>  diff.c                         | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

I think we have deliberately refrained from doing this, as it will
make "git diff" inconsistent with the underlying "git diff-fiels".

>
> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
> index 2b15050..9160c90 100644
> --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
> @@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ ifndef::git-log[]
>  	That is, it exits with 1 if there were differences and
>  	0 means no differences.
>  
> +-q
>  --quiet::
>  	Disable all output of the program. Implies `--exit-code`.
>  endif::git-log[]
> diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
> index 6ad8970..d778df7 100644
> --- a/diff.c
> +++ b/diff.c
> @@ -3798,7 +3798,7 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
>  	}
>  	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--exit-code"))
>  		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, EXIT_WITH_STATUS);
> -	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--quiet"))
> +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--quiet") || !strcmp(arg, "-q"))
>  		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, QUICK);
>  	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--ext-diff"))
>  		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, ALLOW_EXTERNAL);