Re: Score in diff-format

Mike Hommey [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 01:17:19PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index 15c7e79..e6cfc9b 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt

@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ be committed)
 
 Status letters C and R are always followed by a score (denoting the
 percentage of similarity between the source and target of the move or
-copy), and are the only ones to be so.
+copy).  M may show how completely the modification rewrites the file
+with a score (denoting the percentage of dissimilarity).

How about something like:

  Status letter M may be followed by a score (denoting the percentage of
  dissimilarity) for file rewrites.

OK.  That seems to make the end result sound more consistent by
repeated use of "status letter X".  Let's use that.

Thanks.