On 17/05/21 22.58, Sergey Organov wrote:
Fix long standing inconsistency between -c/--cc that do imply -p, on one side, and -m that did not imply -p, on the other side.
The commas are unnecessary.
Only the last patch is the actual functional change. The reset of patches are additional tests and refactorings that are not expected to alter existing behaviors.
Oops, s/reset/rest/.
After these patches git log -m will start to produce diffs without need to provide -p as well, that improves both consistency and usability. It gets even more useful if one sets "log.diffMerges" configuration variable to "first-parent" to force -m produce usual diff with respect to first parent only.
Better say "After this patch series, git log -m produces diffs (implies -p)".
These patches don't change behavior when specific diff format is explicitly provided on the command-line, so that commands like git log -m --raw git log -m --stat are not affected.
Better say "This series, however, don't change behavior...".
Exact historical semantics of -m is still provided by --diff-merges=separate.
Better say "Previously, the -m semantics is same as --diff-merges=separate". Thanks. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
