From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44478203C1 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:50:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933842AbcKPJup (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2016 04:50:45 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:62220 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932565AbcKPJum (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2016 04:50:42 -0500 Received: from virtualbox ([37.24.142.46]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MTjua-1cFmX22HD6-00QWGm; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:50:33 +0100 Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:50:30 +0100 (CET) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: Junio C Hamano cc: Michael J Gruber , Jacob Keller , Dennis Kaarsemaker , Git mailing list Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] git diff <(command1) <(command2) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20161111201958.2175-1-dennis@kaarsemaker.net> <0c39be16-76f8-0800-41a2-b7b1dccdd652@drmicha.warpmail.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:RsPvwW207ilJvGMdVePVDBMaFZuvZ8hmWZ8AFH8+yzjBRfiI8ji hfe9RZwIwh+C2KGYb9smNpXOSutPPBS/OfXFwHrW3g5YAyVgp763vPQZr4l2XH4dWJWBLVG JxnAnSItUAJ5dYlbRrwbvEzAGbQCB6XWaX8MyZiKLV41eToGNmPGWtYrX2qDHBC56M1WyPD 1akcG3J3l28m+p/I9h/hw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:GSUtTga9dbo=:3S56o0WtPaNk4cw/l8tai2 V22I7HuoqFNDf5ycRUoa2qplh1loYy7L4QWqLdHmvlCRdjbtjz2oTZ1Je+i5hHIGpYM4WQ2hH yhJmUG+FAVMT/LDyIQK0aeS2YgJl4UusHI375Ofyfe6jnwChmYX2NKEL/+GjLcJl2XYOnbqeO A3AAmyS7eF4LO/9ocClVCcsGI6f4z0el/EgguVokkGAHQ2SG/ujZHov33FKxqXOwJ2IGaROGe Cih7eP33SgCHQdfIl9Yp7on0njTxXmMoMgtI7IME+3U6oXNS2d1hLYwHtZvz7eIuLTrJF5PRe J6lnDnGihWbhhCtDeANKpdVEkIGU5qoQhLW/yMHilRUFBasXQFzU3BCludNBdCw/pThf7W5Wf l6x+dsZ4qyP4ctfSW1Dr5g7T6OWRgSVFY2n4O3+ETH0Atxk4DbKoSnOORwv0hrFxB8nDnkmBS ByqcEC6wx7YvSUlz1gCqoBR46xubKXY/nM6t1Tbvyn+gsDEpZko0XJZcKUOfKOhNGsi1yOq1b Nsef0M1pTBeA2dqoA+JVYHPKI7h5XuTDdXFV3WM7oiy3ICtVa6A9Q1n/i/TB4U4TdAUVQ4qTk HWp+HoqsQupehwUbjmb92tn7OnzcdBgAA1J1cvLmIWPCpTnky2mLO7Z78B+Gmh+cF/Zgi8hNB fzSHy0/d1PKK+JCWwS93spKCOgnMxzj3BchsPZbeNSjfXaoFuhroimxF2JMwOblk8U+qTvgLE mjPkGyoOl6MMuXgRXlrW51cEmnB+Q4EZo2mswGrrEJmpMXvUo6LdvUP5S2w4YbtVlvBKjOfan Q9f4WJS Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Junio, On Mon, 14 Nov 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I _think_ the no-index mode was primarily for those who want to use > our diff as a replacement for GNU and other diffs, and from that > point of view, I'd favour not doing the "comparing symbolic link? > We'll show the difference between the link contents, not target" > under no-index mode myself. If I read this correctly, then we are in agreement that the default for --no-index should be as it is right now, i.e. comparing symlink targets as opposed to --follow-links. > That is a lot closer to the diff other people implemented, not ours. > Hence the knee-jerk reaction I gave in > > http://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqinrt1zcx.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com Let me quote the knee-jerk reaction: > 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. But this is the exact opposite of what I find reasonable. Ciao, Johannes