From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
Cc: Tian Yuchen <cat@malon.dev>, git@vger.kernel.org, ben.knoble@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] diff: document -U without <n> as using default context
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:14:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqfr67yggf.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa_hTifKYZ5KYREv@ugly.lan> (Oswald Buddenhagen's message of "Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:15:58 +0100")
Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de> writes:
>>Since we are retaining this fallback behavior for backward compatibility,
>>update the documentation to explicitly state that '<n>' can be omitted
>>for the short option '-U'.
>>
> i'd replace that with:
>
> Hence we retain this fallback behavior for backward compatibility, but
> document it as such.
>
>>+ (`-U` without `<n>` is accepted as a silent synonym for `-p` due
>>+ to a historical accident).
>>
> "silently accepted as a synonym" would be much more natural.
An excellent suggestion. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 13:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-06 23:10 An annoying "Bug" that we would probably leave as-is Junio C Hamano
2026-03-09 17:10 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-03-09 17:27 ` [PATCH v1] diff: document -U without <n> as using default context Tian Yuchen
2026-03-09 22:00 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-03-10 4:55 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-03-09 22:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-10 4:51 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-03-10 5:30 ` [PATCH v2] " Tian Yuchen
2026-03-10 9:15 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2026-03-10 9:43 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-03-10 13:14 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-03-10 9:50 ` [PATCH v3] " Tian Yuchen
2026-03-10 17:31 ` [PATCH v1] " Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-03-11 4:33 ` Tian Yuchen
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