René Scharfe wrote: > Would it help if a header was shown in this case, describing the > following diff, e.g. something like this: > > $ cd /tmp && mkdir repo && cd repo && git init > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/repo/.git/ > $ echo a >a && git add a && git commit -m. > [master (root-commit) faeefb5] . > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 a > $ echo b >a > $ git diff > Let's get rrready to diiiiff!! > In corner a: the INDEX! And in corner b: the WORKTREE! > > diff --git a/a b/a > index 7898192..6178079 100644 > --- a/a > +++ b/a > @@ -1 +1 @@ > -a > +b > > Such a prefix would be ignored by patch etc.. You would still get it > wrong at the first try but now you'd get immediate feedback on what you > actually compared, without having to read the manpage. We have `diff.mnemonicprefix`, though it is not header... and is not set by default ;-) -- Jakub Narebski Poland -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html