From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] git-diff.txt: fix ordering of the [--no-index] form Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:25:41 -0700 Message-ID: <7vmwsndbve.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1366821216-20868-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> <1366821216-20868-6-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Git List To: Ramkumar Ramachandra X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 24 20:25:58 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UV4OC-0000TX-Rg for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:25:57 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757120Ab3DXSZp (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:25:45 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:48426 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757100Ab3DXSZo (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:25:44 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8781719086; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:25:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=netEcEaHqxWyxs6ihx4DwnNC1Bc=; b=Gh1kkL j/siBKf+I0jJ53sGcZT24zpdZ89+GW8zFWQJ1fBRg59siQE8rUMSKsxbZ29qWNHs HkLYW9QHrZRr1JK77EnqqJGeJvBScSpra0s9NjM0i79cNwR3SjAINz16TXvWL40K pr18lAEouionvq6eNfkdK9YigITtUeh0r+VPU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=LrfqXitSiGBLUfW0Yu21PzjJo4EMs64n NpaKy7qIAXMALddAU1IicOBiPZP8778j7VhIP/77lyanrSMkYJvz4QEk0A8EnOeS +KGBLQ20UFC0wRL81D2p9aUCr4s2nqUww1DjLMHhW1QI1x2YhjToYg+x042ccubu QGl2qBFHges= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C68C19085; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:25:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [24.4.35.13]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F39E319083; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:25:42 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <1366821216-20868-6-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> (Ramkumar Ramachandra's message of "Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:03:36 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 5FA062DC-AD0C-11E2-9C91-BCFF4146488D-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Ramkumar Ramachandra writes: > The SYNOPSIS lists the [--no-index] form as the last item, but the > DESCRIPTION lists it as a natural extension of the first form. Perhaps either the description or your reading is wrong. The "--no-index" mode was a hack to allow "git diff" goodies to be used outside the context of "git", and a proper execution of it should have been to send patches to GNU or BSD diff maintainers, not to add the "--no-index" option that is unrelated to "git" to our code. I think it is more correct to list it as a footnote and list separately from the main text, which is what the original SYNOPSIS section does.