Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation

Eric Sunshine [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 5:51 PM Sergey Organov [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

* Put descriptions of convenience shortcuts first, so they are the
  first things reader observes rather than lengthy detailed stuff.

* Get rid of very long line containing all the --diff-merges formats
  by replacing them with <format>, and putting each supported format
  on its own line.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <redacted>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt

@@ -43,66 +43,74 @@ endif::git-diff[]
+-m::
+       Show diffs for merge commits in the default format. This is
+       similar to '--diff-merges=on' (which see) except `-m` will
+       produce no output unless `-p` is given as well.

I'm having difficulty grasping the parenthetical "(which see)" comment.

I believe it's translated full form of q.v., see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_abbreviations

"q.v.
 quod vide
 "which see"

Imperative, used after a term or phrase that should be looked up
elsewhere in the current document or book."

HTH,
-- Sergey Organov