From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>,
Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] doc: git-diff: rewrite EXAMPLES section
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 13:52:00 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqik23m3y7.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2293.v3.git.1794427993457.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Julia Evans via GitGitGadget's message of "Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:13:13 +0000")
"Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> From: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
>
> The top piece of feedback users always give about man pages is always
> that they want better examples that are relevant to them.
>
> The EXAMPLES section's structure has remained mostly unchanged since
> 2007, which was before we knew how people were going to use `git diff`.
> Update it with ways of using `git diff` that are popular with Git
> users, gathered by asking Mastodon users for their most commonly used
> incantations. Keep the example that was added since 2007
> (`git diff AUTO_MERGE`), rewording it to use the more familiar term
> "merge conflict" instead of "textual conflict".
Thanks. Will replace.
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 15:33 [PATCH] doc: git-diff: rewrite EXAMPLES section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-11-03 17:16 ` Julia Evans
2026-11-03 19:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-03 19:52 ` Julia Evans
2026-11-03 20:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-03 20:45 ` Julia Evans
2026-11-03 21:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-05 15:40 ` [PATCH v2] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-11-05 16:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-05 18:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-09 12:48 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-11-10 13:43 ` Julia Evans
2026-11-05 17:23 ` Tuomas Ahola
2026-11-05 19:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-05 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-08 2:37 ` Jeff King
2026-11-08 4:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-09 18:53 ` Jeff King
2026-11-09 20:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-09 22:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-09 22:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-09 23:09 ` Jeff King
2026-11-10 13:46 ` Julia Evans
2026-11-10 15:25 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2026-11-11 20:17 ` Julia Evans
2026-11-10 17:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-11-11 20:13 ` [PATCH v3] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-11-11 21:52 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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