From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59DE31F55B for ; Sat, 16 May 2020 17:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726296AbgEPRfY (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 May 2020 13:35:24 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35272 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726238AbgEPRfX (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 May 2020 13:35:23 -0400 Received: from mail.spkdev.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:41d0:8:e379::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5BB1AC061A0C for ; Sat, 16 May 2020 10:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.spkdev.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D971040372; Sat, 16 May 2020 17:35:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=spkdev.net; s=default; t=1589650520; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=K720SYAO3Xe53WabpeqeWyi498MC0HwTDaLUl3L8hqg=; b=W7feru9Zcw3We52jG6en6ouxfuE+rLzCVlMk16Abs0C6GfPFTshDMPL/F38p21yCU1mQB0 1Z26xdG35qroeE0nu1FB2oGTVEBI7h69MbxSaLlSCnmzUj0kwu3Ju7bFM+b4uJX3BcoWaE 1RzLecLzTixV1+alvAQx8vy1BG9KRw8= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.spkdev.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0DB4C3FDD6; Sat, 16 May 2020 17:35:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=spkdev.net; s=default; t=1589650519; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=K720SYAO3Xe53WabpeqeWyi498MC0HwTDaLUl3L8hqg=; b=mQ8e9YDoP13TODdGls/UBEhWoDCWiWOp2idNByWa1exIZFxwQ4kFspXeXLBzoP8vbip9wq VjsZEA08yoK4YGyN5wuyp0ku26gK8gkuQCgpSfBYfIU3VpsxVOaEJsbFDRSkHW96ouywqp 144x9Zfvr2vzcolSxPlhlgu3pUVQF5o= Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 19:35:18 +0200 From: Laurent Arnoud To: Junio C Hamano Cc: "brian m. carlson" , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff: add config option relative Message-ID: <20200516173518.GA34961@spk-laptop> References: <20200515155706.GA1165062@spk-laptop> <20200515233130.GC6362@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 05:04:43PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "brian m. carlson" writes: > > > On 2020-05-15 at 15:57:06, Laurent Arnoud wrote: > >> The `diff.relative` boolean option set to `true` to show only changes on the > >> current directory and show relative pathnames. > > > > Usually when we implement configuration settings like this, we implement > > an option value, such as --no-relative, so that users or scripting tools > > can disable this feature if they need to. However, I don't see that in > > this series. Would adding such a feature be possible? > > I think I saw a variant that does have --[no-]foobar support on the > list, but I may be hallucinating. You definitely would want it, or > you've broken "format-patch" forever without a knob to countermand > the configuration (well, you can still say "git -c diff.foobar=no" > but that's kind of cheating). Yes I've submitted a v2 patch with the `--no-relative` I will send a v3 to this thread for review -- Laurent