Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
>>> @@ -43,66 +43,74 @@ endif::git-diff[]
>>> +-m::
>>> +       Show diffs for merge commits in the default format. This is
>>> +       similar to '--diff-merges=on' (which see) except `-m` will
>>> +       produce no output unless `-p` is given as well.
>>
>> I'm having difficulty grasping the parenthetical "(which see)" comment.
>
> I am, too.  I know what it means when written in the more common
> Latin abbreviation (q.v.), but I suspect it may be rare to spell it
> in English like this.  I found

Well, I didn't invent it, and didn't lookup it until asked, it just
popped-up out of my head somehow.

I'll remove it as causes confusion.

Thanks,
-- Sergey Organov



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