From: Junio C Hamano <hidden> Date: 2016-06-15 22:54:34
Tim Chase [off-list ref] writes:
If the documented purpose of "diff -p" (and by proxy
diff.{type}.xfuncname) is to show the name of the *function*
containing the changed lines,....
Yeah, the documentation is misleading, but I do not offhand think of
a better phrasing. Perhaps you could send in a patch to improve it.
How does GNU manual explain the option?