Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > While it is not _quite_ the same thing to say "use prefixes a/ and b/" > versus "countermand any config and use the default", it is close enough > that I am tempted to say this patch should be scrapped. I mostly just > wanted to have a way to counter format.noprefix, if we are going to > endorse it as a concept (whether by adding it, or saying "no, respecting > diff.noprefix is not a bug"). > > (If we do scrap it, I'd probably fold the extra tests into the previous > commit, but using --src-prefix, etc). I would very much like to keep this one; if we can find a shorter name that would be even sweeter. I am wondering if we can keep the current behaviour instead and send a message: "if you do not want your everyday diff not to have prefixes, fine, go set diff.noprefix, but if you do not like that format-patch also gives a no-prefix patches with that configuration, or at times you may want your 'git show' to show the standard prefix, you can countermand your diff.noprefix configuration".
