On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 05:04:43PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On 2020-05-15 at 15:57:06, Laurent Arnoud wrote: > >> The `diff.relative` boolean option set to `true` to show only changes on the > >> current directory and show relative pathnames. > > > > Usually when we implement configuration settings like this, we implement > > an option value, such as --no-relative, so that users or scripting tools > > can disable this feature if they need to. However, I don't see that in > > this series. Would adding such a feature be possible? > > I think I saw a variant that does have --[no-]foobar support on the > list, but I may be hallucinating. You definitely would want it, or > you've broken "format-patch" forever without a knob to countermand > the configuration (well, you can still say "git -c diff.foobar=no" > but that's kind of cheating). Yes I've submitted a v2 patch with the `--no-relative` I will send a v3 to this thread for review -- Laurent
