Re: Can we clarify the purpose of `git diff -s`?

Philip Oakley [off-list ref] writes:

On 13/05/2023 00:07, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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Also agree. I've never heard the word "squelch" outside of the git context, and
I'm pretty sure my English vocabulary is not small. Multiple people have
suggested "silent" and no one has suggested "squelch" (other than Junio).

Squelch is common in the right circles.

It is the term for cutting out the static electricity based background
audio noise from radio receivers. Back in the day, it was an adjustable
dial, so anyone who used a radio (including ex-military and their
family) would be familiar with the term.

Well, then we'd need to adopt something like --squelch=17, right? ;-)

It's not so common nowadays because there is auto-squelch and auto
tuning on most receivers, but it's still part of the lexicon ;-)

... and then, finally, --squelch=auto )

And then it should still switch back to full output once input signal
(size of diff?) exceeds specific margin.

Thanks,
-- Sergey Organov