From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
Leon Michalak <leonmichalak6@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 09:45:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq5xi5vkvi.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <973dfadd1b3c7e214b14c75494b3b3b786227362.1746884789.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget's message of "Sat, 10 May 2025 13:46:29 +0000")
"Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-context-options.adoc b/Documentation/diff-context-options.adoc
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e161260358ff
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/diff-context-options.adoc
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +`-U<n>`::
> +`--unified=<n>`::
> + Generate diffs with _<n>_ lines of context. Defaults to `diff.context`
> + or 3 if the config option is unset.
> +
> +`--inter-hunk-context=<n>`::
> + Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified _<number>_
> + of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other.
> + Defaults to `diff.interHunkContext` or 0 if the config option
> + is unset.
It might not be trivial to do but I wonder if we cannot do better
than this to share more of the same text across manual pages. These
two being options understood by `git diff`, we certainly have an
existing description for them, no?
Other than that, looking good to me.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-12 16:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-05 9:18 [PATCH 0/3] Better support for customising context lines in --patch commands Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-05 9:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] add-patch: respect diff.context configuration Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-05 20:29 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-05-06 8:55 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-06 17:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-05 9:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-05 9:49 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
[not found] ` <CAP9jKjHj7WP91aKA9SE94zYj+naBGLUs99mF3G4BhTGcGjFDUQ@mail.gmail.com>
2025-05-05 10:11 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-07 9:51 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-07 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-07 18:28 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-07 20:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-05 9:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] add-interactive: add new "context" subcommand Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-06 0:02 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-05-06 7:20 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-06 8:28 ` Christian Couder
2025-05-06 17:07 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-06 16:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-06 17:25 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-07 13:30 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-07 19:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-10 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Better support for customising context lines in --patch commands Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-10 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] test: refactor to use "test_grep" Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-12 13:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 16:58 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-10 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] test: refactor to use "test_config" Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-10 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] add-patch: respect diff.context configuration Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-13 13:52 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-13 15:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-14 15:13 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-15 12:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-10 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-05-12 16:45 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-05-12 17:03 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-13 13:52 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-13 14:39 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-13 15:05 ` Leon Michalak
2025-05-14 15:13 ` phillip.wood123
2025-06-28 16:34 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Better support for customising context lines in --patch commands Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-06-28 16:34 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] test: use "test_grep" Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-06-30 16:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-06-28 16:34 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] test: use "test_config" Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-06-30 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-06-28 16:34 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] add-patch: respect diff.context configuration Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-06-30 16:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-01 10:00 ` Phillip Wood
2025-06-28 16:34 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-06-30 17:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-01 9:59 ` Phillip Wood
2025-07-01 15:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-02 14:07 ` Phillip Wood
2025-07-02 18:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-01 9:59 ` Phillip Wood
2025-06-30 16:16 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Better support for customising context lines in --patch commands Junio C Hamano
2025-07-09 0:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-09 7:57 ` Leon Michalak
2025-07-09 15:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-19 12:28 ` [PATCH v4 " Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-19 12:28 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] t: use test_grep in t3701 and t4055 Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-19 12:28 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] t: use test_config in t4055 Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-19 12:28 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] add-patch: respect diff.context configuration Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-19 12:28 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-22 16:01 ` Phillip Wood
2025-07-22 18:02 ` Leon Michalak
2025-07-22 18:05 ` Leon Michalak
2025-07-23 9:41 ` Phillip Wood
2025-07-21 16:50 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Better support for customising context lines in --patch commands Junio C Hamano
2025-07-22 16:05 ` Phillip Wood
2025-07-22 17:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-29 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 " Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-29 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] t: use test_grep in t3701 and t4055 Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-29 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] t: use test_config in t4055 Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-29 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] add-patch: respect diff.context configuration Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-29 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides Leon Michalak via GitGitGadget
2025-07-29 15:21 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Better support for customising context lines in --patch commands Phillip Wood
2025-07-29 15:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-29 16:18 ` Leon Michalak
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