Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] diff-merges: more features to fix '-m'

From: Sergey Organov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:22:21 +0300

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> Sergey Organov <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> The last attempt to fix '-m' option for "git log" to imply '-p', to
>> make it consistent with similar options (-c/--cc), was called by the
>> request on the mailing list, here:
>
> In retrospect, this old attempt may probably shouldn't have been
> done, as there wasn't really a compelling need to change the
> behaviour of "-m".  The "combined diff" options were "if specified,
> give output" from day one, unlike "-m" which was "modify the
> behaviour of '-p' if given" for a long time.

No, I think your memory played trick on you, at least for --cc:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/

Please also see the history of -m, -c, --cc that I've tried to reproduce
from the repo and mailing list, here:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/

Thanks,
-- Sergey Organov