Re: [PATCH] range-diff: update stale summary of --no-dual-color

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>>  		OPT_INTEGER(0, "creation-factor", &creation_factor,
>>  			    N_("Percentage by which creation is weighted")),
>> -		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-dual-color", &simple_color,
>> -			    N_("color both diff and diff-between-diffs")),
>> +		OPT_BOOL(0, "dual-color", &dual_color,
>> +			    N_("color both diff and diff-between-diffs (default)")),
>
> There is one very good reason *not* to do that. And that reason is the
> output of `git range-diff -h`. If anybody read that the option
> `--dual-color` exists, they are prone to believe that the default is *not*
> dual color. In contrast, when reading `--no-dual-color`, it is clear that
> dual color mode is the default.

The whole patch is about "git range-diff -h" output, and of course I
tested it.  Did you see the "(default)" part of the string in the
patch?

That said, the conversation continued and I agree with the conclusion
it led to (which is better than the patch you're replying to).

Thanks,
Jonathan