"Philip Oakley" <[email protected]> writes: > From: <[email protected]> >> By default, git-diff shows changes and pathnames relative to the >> repository root. Setting the diff.relative config option to "true" >> shows pathnames relative to the current directory and excludes >> changes outside this directory (identical to "git diff --relative"). > Shouldn't this `(identical to "git diff --relative")` also be included > in the documentation change? It would truly clarify the intenbt for > the reader.
A configuration that sticks a non-default behaviour without a way to revert to the default is a no-no. There should be a way to run non-relative diff in a repository that has the configuration set, perhaps by overriding with some command line option (e.g. "--no-relative"). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
