From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>,
Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] git diff <(command1) <(command2)
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 11:08:58 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1611121106110.3746@virtualbox> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xrFYj7sepdz1xrEEaqmXQWfRkBz3CsWjYK6OZsZRMLbUA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Jacob Keller wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> writes:
> >
> >> No tests or documentation updates yet, and I'm not sure whether
> >> --follow-symlinks in other modes than --no-index should be supported, ignored
> >> (as it is now) or cause an error, but I'm leaning towards the third option.
> >
> > My knee-jerk reaction is:
> >
> > * The --no-index mode should default to your --follow-symlinks
> > behaviour, without any option to turn it on or off.
> >
>
> I agree. We shouldn't have to specify this for no-index.
Ummm. *My* idea of --no-index was for it to behave as similar to the
--index version as possible. For example when comparing directories
containing symlinks. You seem intent on breaking this scenario.
Ciao,
Johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-12 10:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-11 20:19 [RFC/PATCH 0/2] git diff <(command1) <(command2) Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-11-11 20:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] diff --no-index: add option to follow symlinks Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-11-11 20:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] diff --no-index: support reading from pipes Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-11-11 21:27 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/2] git diff <(command1) <(command2) Junio C Hamano
2016-11-11 23:14 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-12 10:08 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2016-11-14 3:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-14 15:31 ` Michael J Gruber
2016-11-14 16:40 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-14 18:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-14 20:23 ` Michael J Gruber
2016-11-14 21:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-16 9:50 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-16 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-16 18:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-12 6:11 ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-11-12 7:06 ` Jeff King
2016-11-11 23:15 ` Jacob Keller
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