On 17/09/2021 08:08, Sergey Organov wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Sergey Organov <sorganov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> I'm not sure I follow. What "show -p" has to do with "diff-index --cc"? >>> >>> My only point here is that usage of *--cc* in *diff-index* is entirely >>> undocumneted, and that needs to be somehow resolved. >> It was a response to your "historical status quo that is a problem." >> I do not think there is any problem with "diff-index --cc" (except >> for it wants a better documentation---but that we already agree) but > Ah, now I see, but it's exactly lack of documentation (and tests) that I > was referring to as the "problem of the historical status quo" on the > Git side, so I was somewhat confused by your original response. > > Also, it's still unclear, even if not very essential, what exactly that > "status quo" is when seen from the point of view of gitk. Does gitk > actually utilize *particular output* of "diff-index --cc" for better, or > gitk would be just as happy if it were synonym for "diff-index -p", or > even if it'd be just as happy if --cc were silently consumed by > diff-index? Did Johannes Sixt's earlier answer https://lore.kernel.org/git/cbd0d173-ef17-576b-ab7a-465d42c82265@xxxxxxxx/ help clarify the choices? >> I wanted to give you some credit for having worked on "--diff-merges", >> an effort to generalize things in a related area. > Thanks for that! More to follow ) > > Thanks, > -- Sergey Organov
