Re: [PATCH v2.1] Documentation/diff-config: fix description of diff.renames

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

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:

> The description was misleading, since "set to any boolean value" include
> "set to false", and diff.renames=false does not enable basic detection,
> but actually disables it. Also, document that diff.renames only affects
> Porcelain.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
> ---
> Oops, trivial fix for typo noticed by Felipe. I'm resending just this
> one in case Junio wants to pick the latest version but I can obviously
> resend the whole if needed.

Heh, I guess people independently spotted the same typo nearly
simultaneously ;-)

I think I got this fixed locally (and adjusted the last one to
match).  Thanks.


>
>  Documentation/diff-config.txt | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
> index 6eaa452..b5e9bda 100644
> --- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
> @@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ diff.renameLimit::
>  	detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
>  
>  diff.renames::
> -	Tells Git to detect renames.  If set to any boolean value, it
> -	will enable basic rename detection.  If set to "copies" or
> -	"copy", it will detect copies, as well.
> +	Whether and how Git detects renames.  If set to "false",
> +	rename detection is disabled.  If set to "true", basic rename
> +	detection is enabled.  If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will
> +	detect copies, as well.  Defaults to false.  Note that this
> +	affects only 'git diff' Porcelain like linkgit:git-diff[1] and
> +	linkgit:git-log[1], and not lower level commands such as
> +	linkgit:git-diff-files[1].
>  
>  diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
>  	A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space