Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-diff: remove -r from --name-status example

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

One minor objection I do have is that, just as a matter of
principle, in order to avoid setting precedence of making a
fundamental semantics change in late -rc stage in the game, we
should not swallow it.  I do not mind if this were clearly a
good change.

However, I think Jeff's patch always makes it recursive even
when the user asks for --raw, which makes it inappropriate for
inclusion whether before or after 1.5.3.

Personally, I think -r should be the default while one can use
--directory to switch it off.

Whether --raw should imply --directory might be a different question.

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