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From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
To: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why doesn't `git log -m` imply `-p`?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:07:31 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a6pgaozw.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMMLpeQE5zY2KAu7rA=kGBGh5xeNUK8CRMf4FxKd-BoMjZzLJA@mail.gmail.com> (Alex Henrie's message of "Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:24:22 -0600")

Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 10:35 AM Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 6:38 AM Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> As the final purpose of all this is to have -m as user-friendly short
>> >> option, I'd incline to finally let it imply -p, as --diff-merges=m now
>> >> covers another side of the coin.
>> >>
>> >> What do you think?
>> >
>> > I am 100% in favor of that proposal, and I can work on the code this
>> > weekend.
>>
>> No need to bother. If we agree, I'll send a patch atop of my recent
>> changes that make -m format configurable.
>
> Great, thank you!
>
>> Alternatively, we can add a configuration option, or let -m imply -p
>> only when -m format is explicitly configured by the user.
>
> Since the goal here is simple, easily understandable, and
> user-friendly behavior, I think -m should imply -p all the time, or at
> least imply -p by default. The less I have to explain to new Git
> users, the better.

Yep, but OTOH -m never implied -p before, and it'll take time for the
change get to release and then to reach distributions... So the actual
question here is if anybody cares enough about backward compatibility in
this particular case to complicate transition?

-- Sergey Organov

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-29 19:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-29  1:44 Why doesn't `git log -m` imply `-p`? Alex Henrie
2021-04-29  3:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-29 12:38   ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-29 15:25     ` Alex Henrie
2021-04-29 16:35       ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-29 17:24         ` Alex Henrie
2021-04-29 19:07           ` Sergey Organov [this message]
2021-05-04 20:09       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-04 20:34         ` Sergey Organov
2021-04-29 23:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-30  4:50       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-30 14:00         ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-01  0:41           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-03 17:42             ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-04  1:15               ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-04  9:10                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-04 12:38                   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-04 14:18                     ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-05  0:20                       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-05 13:43                         ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-06  0:27                           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-06 12:59                             ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-06 20:29                               ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-06 20:48                                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-07  1:31                                   ` Alex Henrie
2021-05-10 12:11 ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-10 16:56   ` Alex Henrie
2021-05-10 15:34 ` [PATCH 0/6] diff-merges: let -m imply -p Sergey Organov
2021-05-10 15:34   ` [PATCH 1/6] t4013: add test for "git diff-index -m" Sergey Organov
2021-05-10 15:34   ` [PATCH 2/6] diff-merges: move specific diff-index "-m" handling to diff-index Sergey Organov
2021-05-11  4:09     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11  5:23       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11  5:41         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11 13:43       ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-10 15:34   ` [PATCH 3/6] git-svn: stop passing "-m" to "git rev-list" Sergey Organov
2021-05-10 15:34   ` [PATCH 4/6] stash list: stop passing "-m" to "git list" Sergey Organov
2021-05-10 15:34   ` [PATCH 5/6] diff-merges: rename "combined_imply_patch" to "merges_imply_patch" Sergey Organov
2021-05-10 15:34   ` [PATCH 6/6] diff-merges: let -m imply -p Sergey Organov
2021-05-11  4:14     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11  4:56       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11 14:03         ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-11 17:13           ` Alex Henrie
2021-05-11 18:46             ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-11 19:53               ` Alex Henrie
2021-05-11 20:27                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-12  1:16                   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-11 18:31           ` Elijah Newren
2021-05-11 19:00             ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-11 19:56               ` Elijah Newren
2021-05-11 20:32                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-11 20:43             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11 21:38               ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-11 23:40                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-19 21:44             ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-05-20 20:39               ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-21 18:14                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-11 16:29         ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 12:57         ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-11 16:30       ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 21:48     ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-05-19 22:03       ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 23:32       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-20 13:14         ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 18:50           ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-05-20 19:38             ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58 ` [PATCH v1 0/9] " Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 1/9] t4013: test that "-m" alone has no effect in "git log" Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 2/9] t4013: test "git -m --raw" Sergey Organov
2021-05-18  3:27     ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-18 12:13       ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 3/9] t4013: test "git -m --stat" Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 4/9] t4013: test "git diff-index -m" Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 5/9] diff-merges: move specific diff-index "-m" handling to diff-index Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 20:10     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-17 20:24       ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 20:29     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-17 21:00       ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 6/9] git-svn: stop passing "-m" to "git rev-list" Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 7/9] stash list: stop passing "-m" to "git list" Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 8/9] diff-merges: rename "combined_imply_patch" to "merges_imply_patch" Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 15:58   ` [PATCH v1 9/9] diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p" Sergey Organov
2021-05-17 19:51   ` [PATCH v1 0/9] diff-merges: let -m imply -p Junio C Hamano
2021-05-17 20:11     ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-18  3:18   ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-18 12:03     ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-18 12:17     ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-18 14:17   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-18 15:52     ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45 ` [PATCH v2 " Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 1/9] t4013: test that "-m" alone has no effect in "git log" Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 2/9] t4013: test "git log -m --raw" Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 3/9] t4013: test "git log -m --stat" Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 4/9] t4013: test "git diff-index -m" Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 5/9] diff-merges: move specific diff-index "-m" handling to diff-index Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 6/9] git-svn: stop passing "-m" to "git rev-list" Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 7/9] stash list: stop passing "-m" to "git log" Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 8/9] diff-merges: rename "combined_imply_patch" to "merges_imply_patch" Sergey Organov
2021-05-19 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 9/9] diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] diff-merges: let -m imply -p Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:46   ` [PATCH v3 01/10] t4013: test that "-m" alone has no effect in "git log" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:46   ` [PATCH v3 02/10] t4013: test "git log -m --raw" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:46   ` [PATCH v3 03/10] t4013: test "git log -m --stat" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:46   ` [PATCH v3 04/10] t4013: test "git diff-tree -m" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:46   ` [PATCH v3 05/10] t4013: test "git diff-index -m" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:46   ` [PATCH v3 06/10] diff-merges: move specific diff-index "-m" handling to diff-index Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:47   ` [PATCH v3 07/10] git-svn: stop passing "-m" to "git rev-list" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:47   ` [PATCH v3 08/10] stash list: stop passing "-m" to "git log" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:47   ` [PATCH v3 09/10] diff-merges: rename "combined_imply_patch" to "merges_imply_patch" Sergey Organov
2021-05-20 21:47   ` [PATCH v3 10/10] diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p" Sergey Organov
2021-08-05  3:16     ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-08-06  1:45       ` [PATCH] Revert 'diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p"' Jonathan Nieder
2021-08-06 17:21         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-06 17:55           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-06 19:57             ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-08-08 17:55               ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-17  9:13                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-08-17 22:10                   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-18  8:56                     ` Sergey Organov
2021-08-19 18:50                       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-19 18:51                         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-20 10:24                         ` Sergey Organov
2021-08-07  1:55           ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-08-07  6:49             ` Johannes Sixt
2021-08-07 13:51               ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-08-07 17:00                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-07 18:08                   ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-08-08  0:42                     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-17  9:17                       ` Sergey Organov
2021-08-16  9:09       ` [PATCH v3 10/10] diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p" Sergey Organov
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2021-05-19 17:03 ` Why doesn't `git log -m` imply `-p`? Sergey Organov

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