Clarify that -- is meant to disambiguate paths from the other
options.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra artag...@gmail.com
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Documentation/git-diff.txt | 20 ++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
Ramkumar Ramachandra artag...@gmail.com writes:
-'git diff' [options] [--] [path...]::
+'git diff' [options] [[--] [path...]]::
You can say
git diff A B -- without any path
git diff A B pathspec without any double-dashes
git diff -- pathspec
and all three of them are expressed by
Junio C Hamano wrote:
While the update might be logically more correct, it looks to me
that the only end-user visibile effect of it is to make the end
result harder to read.
Hm, I thought it improves readability. I'm trying to say that -- is
used to separate [path...] from [everything else].
Ramkumar Ramachandra artag...@gmail.com writes:
Junio C Hamano wrote:
-'git diff' [options] [--] [path...]::
+'git diff' [options] [[--] [path...]]::
While the update might be logically more correct, it looks to me
that the only end-user visibile effect of it is to make the end
result
Junio C Hamano wrote:
The same logic would apply to this semi-nonsense rewrite, no?
git diff [[options] [--]] [path...]
Everything else comes before -- (if exists) that separates it from
the list of pathspecs.
Yeah, except it's sometimes
[[options] [revision range] [--]]
Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
Hm, I thought it improves readability. I'm trying to say that -- is
used to separate [path...] from [everything else].
I agree with the goal, but I don't think this change achieves it.
Maybe adding gitcli(7) to the SEE ALSO section would work?
Jonathan
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Ramkumar Ramachandra artag...@gmail.com writes:
Junio C Hamano wrote:
The same logic would apply to this semi-nonsense rewrite, no?
git diff [[options] [--]] [path...]
Everything else comes before -- (if exists) that separates it from
the list of pathspecs.
Yeah, except it's
Junio C Hamano wrote:
You are missing the entire point.
Yeah, okay: I'll drop this patch. I was just saying; I don't feel
strongly about it at all.
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