From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Vandiver Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reword -M, when in `git log`s documention, to suggest --follow Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:38:21 -0500 Message-ID: <1262412622-sup-7473@utwig> References: <1261428059-31286-1-git-send-email-alex@chmrr.net> <7vhbr6phlx.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: git To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Jan 02 07:40:44 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NQxfF-0003fw-LP for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:40:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752568Ab0ABGiW (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:38:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752491Ab0ABGiW (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:38:22 -0500 Received: from chmrr.net ([209.67.253.66]:36469 "EHLO utwig.chmrr.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752480Ab0ABGiW (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:38:22 -0500 Received: from chmrr by utwig.chmrr.net with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQxcz-0000bU-7W; Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:38:21 -0500 In-reply-to: <7vhbr6phlx.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Sup/git Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: At Thu Dec 31 23:35:38 -0500 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote: > [snip] Thinking about this more, I'm more convinced that this is just a symptom of a bigger problem -- why does the help for `git log` start off with the _diff_ options, which do nothing unless you also use the -p option? It adds ~230 lines of options that are irrelevant to the most common usage model. It seems to me like the more correct fix would be to move the diff options to later in the file (after the options that are `git log`-specific), or to remove them entirely, and replace them with a pointer to git diff's options. - Alex -- Networking -- only one letter away from not working