On Tuesday 19 December 2017 12:07 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Note: I do see that "--summary" is a diff-option but does that mean we
should't be printing stat information in the patch when the user
didn't mention "--no-stat"? Yeah, "git format-patch <ref> --summary
--stat" does bring back the stat. --- Kaartic
The old design decision shared across "log" family of commands [*1*]
wrt to these "how and what are shown" options is that they started
without any default set of options and the user gave all options (if
they want both summary and stat, they gave them from the command
line); over time they gained a set of built-in default options that
take effect only when the user gives no option.
So, yes, giving "--summary" will turn off the built-in ones that are
"--summary --stat" (IIRC).
Is it worth documenting that built-in defaults are turned off when user
gives other options? Not sure where, though?
--
Kaartic
