Re: [PATCH] Improve documentation for --dirstat diff option

Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:

Heikki Orsila wrote:
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+       can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Damage for a child directory is not
+       counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.

I rather prefer "impact" to "damage". And it should probably be 
"child directory _shown_".

The word "damage" did raise my eyebrow as well, even though I knew it came
from the wording of the variable to compute it, and coming from somebody
like Linus it somewhat sounds funny ;-) I was going to suggest using a
more neutral "change" in the end user documentation.

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 03:29:23AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

The word "damage" did raise my eyebrow as well, even though I knew it came
from the wording of the variable to compute it, and coming from somebody
like Linus it somewhat sounds funny ;-)

I rather liked the term "damage", but changed it :) "Impact" also has 
the semantic meaning of high-level consequences, like "impact" of a
scientific publication.

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