Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 08:28:55AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > 1. I feel like "-p1" was pretty standard even before Git. You'd >> > extract two copies of the tarball, one into "foo-1.2.3" and one >> > into "foo-1.2.3.orig", and then "diff -Nru" between them to send a >> > patch. >> >> I would too, but then we wouldn't have accepted the request to add >> .noprefix configuration; I do not recall where it came from. > > I always thought it was an aesthetic thing for humans viewing diffs (and > likewise mnemonicprefix). The original thread doesn't give much > motivation, though: > > https://lore.kernel.org/git/1272852221-14927-1-git-send-email-eli@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ Interesting. Comparison with mnemonicprefix is a bit unfair, as it does not break other tools, though ;-).
