Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Sergey Organov <sorganov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> This option provides a shortcut to request diff with respect to first >> parent for any kind of commit, universally. It's implemented as pure >> synonym for "--diff-merges=first-parent --patch". > > That explains what the patch does, but it does not tell us why it is > useful [*]. > >> NOTE: originally proposed as '-d', and renamed to '--dd' due to Junio >> request to keep "short-and-sweet" '-d' reserved for other uses. > > The note is not grammatical, and more importantly, readers of "git > log" 6 months down the road would not care. I'd rather not see it > in the proposed log message. It is suitable material to place after > the three-dash line, or in the cover letter for the iteration. OK, will get rid of it. Thanks, -- Sergey Organov
