Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
>> index be797d7a28..e06475abcd 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
>> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>> [--[no-]encode-email-headers]
>> [--no-notes | --notes[=<ref>]]
>> [--interdiff=<previous>]
>> - [--range-diff=<previous> [--creation-factor=<percent>]]
>> + [--range-diff=<previous> [--creation-factor=<factor>]]
>> [--filename-max-length=<n>]
>> [--progress]
>> [<common diff options>]
>> @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ product of `format-patch` is generated, and they are not passed to
>> the underlying `range-diff` machinery used to generate the cover-letter
>> material (this may change in the future).
>>
>> ---creation-factor=<percent>::
>> +--creation-factor=<factor>::
>> Used with `--range-diff`, tweak the heuristic which matches up commits
>> between the previous and current series of patches by adjusting the
>> creation/deletion cost fudge factor. See linkgit:git-range-diff[1])
>
> Looks good as far as it goes, looks like both of your patches need to
> also tweak this bit though:
>
> $ git -P grep 'percentage.*creation' -- '*.c'
> builtin/log.c: N_("percentage by which creation is weighted")),
> builtin/range-diff.c: N_("percentage by which creation is weighted")),
>
> Probably just s/percentage/factor/ in for those -h strings?
Thanks for being extra careful.
Eric, I am not sure if the other patch for the range-diff command as
a standalone patch is worth it. Perhaps you can help me by
submitting a single combined patch to cover the above as well as
what we wrote in the two patches, with you marked as the primary
author and with Helped-by: that credits Ævar?
Thanks.
