--diff-merges=off is the only accepted form for now, a synonym for --no-diff-merges. This patch is a preparation for adding more values, as well as supporting --diff-merges=<parent>, where <parent> is single parent number to output diff against. Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@xxxxxxxxx> --- revision.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c index 669bc856694f..417659cfcb10 100644 --- a/revision.c +++ b/revision.c @@ -2323,8 +2323,15 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg revs->diff = 1; revs->diffopt.flags.recursive = 1; revs->diffopt.flags.tree_in_recursive = 1; - } else if (!strcmp(arg, "-m") || !strcmp(arg, "--diff-merges")) { + } else if (!strcmp(arg, "-m")) { revs->ignore_merges = 0; + } else if ((argcount = parse_long_opt("diff-merges", argv, &optarg))) { + if (!strcmp(optarg, "off")) { + revs->ignore_merges = 1; + } else { + die(_("unknown value for --diff-merges: %s"), optarg); + } + return argcount; } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-diff-merges")) { revs->ignore_merges = 1; } else if (!strcmp(arg, "-c")) { -- 2.20.1