On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 01:44:46PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I want to force myself to think about the design before pointing out > > memory leaks and coding style, so the least I would wish for is: > > *.h > > *.c > > but as we have more to look at, I would want to have the most abstract > > thing to come first. And most abstract from the actual code is the > > user interaction, the documentation. > > This is exactly why I invented the orderfile in the first place. > But such a "policy" is not something a project would want to enforce > its users all the time; it is left to personal preference of the > participants. > > Just set diff.orderFile to suit your taste without bothering other > people, I would say. I could see somebody arguing that format-patch should respect a project preference, since its primary purpose is to communicate your work to the rest of the project. But then you could make a similar argument for other diff options, too. -Peff
