Sergey Organov [off-list ref] writes:
I'm not sure I follow. What "show -p" has to do with "diff-index --cc"?
My only point here is that usage of *--cc* in *diff-index* is entirely
undocumneted, and that needs to be somehow resolved.
It was a response to your "historical status quo that is a problem."
I do not think there is any problem with "diff-index --cc" (except
for it wants a better documentation---but that we already agree) but
I wanted to give you some credit for having worked on "--diff-merges",
an effort to generalize things in a related area.