From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] git-diff.txt: fix ordering of the [--no-index] form
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:14:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130424191453.GG29963@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0n2zFp1t7qtKp8-Ohoz0QEn4BQrfvxzqt+qwLS5+sNdHQ@mail.gmail.com>
Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Maybe it would make sense to move towards eliminating the "implicit
>> --no-index for paths outside the repository" trick. I use "git diff
>> --no-index" all the time, but I always spell it out to be careful.
>
> Huh? Why do you want to endure the pain of spelling it out, when your
> intent is perfectly clear?
Because typing paths does not make my intent perfectly clear.
> What would make sense is a tristate diff.no-index:
Oh please no.
Hope that helps,
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-24 19:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-24 16:33 [PATCH 0/5] Documentation/git-diff.txt improvements Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 16:33 ` [PATCH 1/5] git-diff.txt: reorder the <commit> <commit> form Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 16:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 16:33 ` [PATCH 2/5] git-diff.txt: strip the leading "--" from options template Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 16:43 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 16:44 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 18:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-24 16:33 ` [PATCH 3/5] git-diff.txt: group the [--] and [<path>...] templates Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 18:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-24 18:23 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 18:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-24 18:53 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 19:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-24 19:24 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 18:57 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 16:33 ` [PATCH 4/5] git-diff.txt: document the .. and ... forms in SYNOPSIS Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 19:03 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 16:33 ` [PATCH 5/5] git-diff.txt: fix ordering of the [--no-index] form Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 18:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-24 18:29 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 19:06 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 19:10 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 19:14 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2013-04-24 19:20 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 19:25 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 19:37 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 20:37 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 20:45 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 20:50 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-24 20:55 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 17:03 ` [PATCH 6/5] git-diff.txt: banish the <commit>..<commit> form Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-24 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-24 18:33 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-25 11:25 ` [PATCH 0/5] Documentation/git-diff.txt improvements Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-29 16:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-29 17:19 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-29 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-29 18:28 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-29 18:46 ` Junio C Hamano
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