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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Add the diff option --no-defaults
From:       Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin () gmx ! de>
Date:       2009-04-16 17:36:52
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.1.00.0904161935570.6798 () intel-tinevez-2-302
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Hi,

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:25:08AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> >
> >> > This feels very hack-ish to me, but perhaps this is a case of "perfect
> >> > is the enemy of the good".
> >> 
> >> I have a strong feeling that none of our diff/rev options can sanely take 
> >> a parameter looking like "--defaults" or "--no-defaults".
> >> 
> >> But I do not have the time to audit the options.  Maybe you have?
> >
> > Right now, I think we are safe. A few options like "--default" do take a
> > separated string argument, but saying "--default --no-defaults" seems a
> > little crazy to me (besides being confusing because they are talking
> > about two totally unrelated defaults).
> 
> Maybe you guys have already considered and discarded this as too hacky,
> but isn't it the easiest to explain and code to declare --no-defaults is
> acceptable only at the beginning?

That would not work if you use an alias:

	$ git config alias.grmpfl log --stat
	$ git grmpfl --no-defaults

Ciao,
Dscho

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