Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > This is more a drive-by comment, as I have no stake in this, but don't we > already have a more generic solution via `-O<orderfile>`? See > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff#Documentation/git-diff.txt--Oltorderfilegt > for details. The use cases are quite different. This one is meant for a single-shot use, while orderfile is a more permanent thing. See https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqeehp2jis.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ and start reading from "I suspect that" for background story.
