Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Here's another attempt. I grimace at the sound of it, but it might be > more clear. Let's just do this. I think it is clear enough. Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt | 10 +++++----- Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 0e45b58..8c8f35b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[] This flag changes the way a merge commit patch is displayed, in a similar way to the '-c' option. It implies the '-c' and '-p' options and further compresses the patch output - by omitting hunks that show differences from only one - parent, or show the same change from all but one parent - for an Octopus merge. When this optimization makes all - hunks disappear, the commit itself and the commit log - message is not shown, just like in any other "empty diff" case. + by omitting uninteresting hunks whose the contents in the parents + have only two variants and the merge result picks one of them + without modification. When all hunks are uninteresting, the commit + itself and the commit log message is not shown, just like in any other + "empty diff" case. --always:: Show the commit itself and the commit log message even diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index b6f5d87..3aa3809 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. --cc:: This flag implies the '-c' options and further compresses the - patch output by omitting hunks that show differences from only - one parent, or show the same change from all but one parent for - an Octopus merge. + patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in + the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks + one of them without modification. -r:: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
