Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] diff --no-index: support symlinks and pipes

Dennis Kaarsemaker [off-list ref] writes:

On Sun, 2017-03-19 at 15:08 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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- A --derefence option was added and the default is no longer to dereference
  symlinks.

I do agree that it makes sense to have --[no-]dereference options,
but I do not think it was my feedback and suggestion to make it
optional (not default) to dereference, so please do not blame me for
that choice.

Then I misinterpreted your message at 
http://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqk29yedkv.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/
No blame inteded, my apologies for coming across as blaming.

s/blame/credit/ then.  I do not too deeply care which one is the
default, and if we were adding --no-index without any existing users
today, I probably would suggest making it deref by default (i.e. to
make "diff --no-index" match better what other peoples' diffs do),
but that would be a behaviour change to existing users if done today,
so I think what you did probably is a good thing.

Thanks.