Alex Henrie wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 9:22 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > It is best to move on, writing it off as historical accident, and
> > embrace the new --diff-merges=m option, instead of wasting time on
> > pondering "why", because accidents do not have to have a deep reason
> > behind them ;-)
>
> If the behavior is an idiosyncratic accident of dubious utility, let's
> replace it with something that makes sense and is useful :-) If we
> make -m imply -p then no alias is necessary, `git log` would display
> the log without diffs and `git log -m` would display the log with all
> the diffs.
Indeed. Mistakes in the design of the UI should not be carried on
forever.
Either all --diff-merges={m,c,cc} imply -p, or none should.
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Felipe Contreras
