Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> There are several "raw formats", and describing --raw as "Generate the
>> raw format" in the documentation for git-log seems to imply that it
>> generates the raw *log* format.
>>
>> Clarify the wording by saying "raw diff format" explicitely, and make a
>> special-case for "git log": "git log --raw" does not just change the
>> format, it shows something which is not shown by default.
>
> Being a pedant, I find "generate the raw diff format" somewhat a
> strange wording. Aren't we generating a diff in the raw format (as
> opposed to in other format like the textual patch format),
> generating a diff using the raw format, etc.?
I think I chose this wording because I didn't want to say "raw format"
for git-log(1), but then I added more special-cases for git-log.
I changed it to
ifndef::git-log[]
Generate the diff in raw format.
{git-diff-core? This is the default.}
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Matthieu Moy
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