On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 1:57 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt >> @@ -188,6 +188,17 @@ and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories: >> +--compact-summary:: >> + Output a condensed summary of extended header information in >> + front of the file name part of diffstat. This option is >> + ignored if --stat is not specified. > > Rather than ignoring this option if --stat is not specified, a > different approach would be for --compact-summary to imply --stat. > > Also, per documentation: > > --stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]:: > > These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`, > `--stat-name-width=<name-width>` and `--stat-count=<count>`. > > One wonders if "compact" could be another modifier recognized by --stat. > > (Genuine questions/observations; I haven't formed strong opinions either way.) I left open an option to combine this with other --*stat like numstat (or unlikely, dirstat). I haven't really thought about this. Yeah perhaps putting this in --stat would be a better move. -- Duy
