Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > So "--new/old"? "--pre/post"? > > Or it could be something random, and tie it with the existing "-U" > option, where "-U+" would be "positive side only", and "-U5-" would be > "5 context lines, negative side only". Very dense and convenient, > maybe not all that intuitive? I often use -W and the above would give us a natural extension, but I agree that is a bit too dense and totally unintuitive. As we use parse-options for patch output formatting options, my pick would be "--new-only" vs "--old-only" (if there were existing options that has new/old in their names, "--preimage-only" and "--postimage-only" would also work, but that's much longer), and let the option parser accept unique abbreviations like "--new" and "--old".
