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Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:15:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpclient.apple ([2605:a601:9d46:600:f493:878f:a4da:aca]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 00721157ae682-8b393b2e455sm23080817b3.41.2026.11.10.09.15.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:15:31 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Ben Knoble X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Support --verbose in git history Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:15:20 -0500 Message-Id: <53CA2747-58F6-4A7C-81EC-33EABF0000FC@gmail.com> References: Cc: Phillip Wood , Jelle van der Waa , git@vger.kernel.org, Patrick Steinhardt , Junio C Hamano , Phillip Wood , Harald Nordgren , =?utf-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9_Scharfe?= In-Reply-To: To: Karthik Nayak X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (23D8133) > Le 10 nov. 2026 =C3=A0 08:13, Karthik Nayak a =C3=A9= crit : >=20 > =EF=BB=BFPhillip Wood writes: >=20 >>> On 09/11/2026 12:43, D. Ben Knoble wrote: >>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2026 at 7:06=E2=80=AFAM Karthik Nayak wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> My preference would be to make this (current patch) default behavior an= d >>>> not even have an option. I don't see a disadvantage of having the diff >>>> always being shown and it definitely is a better default to have. >>>=20 >>> When the diff is extremely long, or if the user has other means of >>> obtaining it and wants the editor to open quickly, it may not be >>> desired. So I'd prefer to still have it optional, personally. >>=20 >> Another case where we might not want the diff is scripted editing as it >> is much easier if the script does not have to worry about the diff >> getting in the way of its edits. Personally I'd be happy to see this on >> by default - the history command is marked as experimental so if having >> it on by default rather than following "commit.verbose" proves to be >> problematic we can always change it in the future. If we were staring >> again I'd also make "commit.verbose" on by default as well so maybe I'm >> biased. >>=20 >> Thanks >>=20 >> Phillip >=20 > I'm on board with this suggestion. Plus, I see 'git history' to be more > user facing and it's always nicer to have better defaults for users. > Showing diffs and verbose information seems to be inline with that. We > could add an option to disable such output for scripts (but that can be > done later as you suggested). > I can live with opt-out as long as I can turn it off via config.=