Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2018-11-07

Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] range-diff doc: add a section about output stability

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2018-11-07 22:52:46

Stephen & Linda Smith [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
+This is particularly true when passing in diff options. Currently some
+options like `--stat` can as an emergent effect produce output that's
"`--stat` can as an emergent": I read that for times to decided it was correct 
grammar.   Should it be reworded to read better?   Just a nit.
A pair of comma around "as an ... effect" would make it a bit more
readable.  It also took me four reads before I convinced myself that
the original wants to say "Some options may just do whatever they
happen to do that result in pretty useless output".
quoted
+quite useless in the context of `range-diff`. Future versions of
+`range-diff` may learn to interpret such options in a manner specifc
+to `range-diff` (e.g. for `--stat` summarizing how the diffstat
+changed).
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