From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eli Barzilay Subject: git diff flags Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 15:41:56 -0400 Message-ID: <19428.27908.870639.422432@winooski.ccs.neu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri May 07 21:42:03 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OATQx-000438-I4 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 21:42:03 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932138Ab0EGTl6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 May 2010 15:41:58 -0400 Received: from winooski.ccs.neu.edu ([129.10.115.117]:44126 "EHLO barzilay.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932088Ab0EGTl6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 May 2010 15:41:58 -0400 Received: from eli by barzilay.org with local (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1OATQq-0005Fp-Vv for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 15:41:56 -0400 X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12 under 23.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: There's something strange with how `git diff' parses its flags: git diff --some-bogus-flag --> complains as expected git diff --follow --> works but there's no mention of this in the man page, and it doesn't look like it's doing anything git diff -C -M --> works as expected too git diff -CM --> doesn't say anything (but it does exit with an error code) git diff -CM --I-can-write-anything here! --> does the same -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life!