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From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail•com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco•com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2023 01:13:21 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0madoji.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cT63L2+XmDRKw4Pc+iDmUL+UFcyummOcOtS+3wYaNbFvg@mail.gmail.com> (Eric Sunshine's message of "Wed, 4 Oct 2023 18:02:26 -0400")

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco•com> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 5:51 PM Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail•com> wrote:
>> * 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 <sorganov@gmail•com>
>> ---
>> 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

  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-04 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-09 12:54 [PATCH 0/2] diff-merges: introduce '-d' option Sergey Organov
2023-09-09 12:54 ` [PATCH 1/2] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation Sergey Organov
2023-09-11 21:12   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-12  7:37     ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-13  0:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-18 16:20         ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-19 16:38           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-19 19:52             ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-09 12:54 ` [PATCH 2/2] diff-merges: introduce '-d' option Sergey Organov
2023-09-11 21:01   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-12  7:59     ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-14 22:17       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-14 23:56         ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-15 17:24           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-16 18:37             ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-26  2:50               ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-26  9:04                 ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-26 17:08                   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-26 20:05                     ` Sergey Organov
2023-09-20 15:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Sergey Organov
2023-09-20 15:02   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation Sergey Organov
2023-09-20 15:02   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] diff-merges: introduce '-d' option Sergey Organov
2023-10-04 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] diff-merges: introduce '--dd' option Sergey Organov
2023-10-04 21:45   ` [PATCH v3 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation Sergey Organov
2023-10-04 22:02     ` Eric Sunshine
2023-10-04 22:13       ` Sergey Organov [this message]
2023-10-05 21:11       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-06 17:02         ` Sergey Organov
2023-10-05 21:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-06 14:41       ` Elijah Newren
2023-10-06 17:03         ` Sergey Organov
2023-10-06 17:07         ` Sergey Organov
2023-10-06 18:01         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-06 18:36           ` Sergey Organov
2023-10-06 23:19             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-07  1:31           ` Elijah Newren
2023-10-07  1:50             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-07  6:49               ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-09 17:04                 ` Elijah Newren
2023-10-10  0:24                   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-10  2:44         ` [silly] worldview documents? Junio C Hamano
2023-10-10 14:58           ` Emily Shaffer
2023-10-06 17:18       ` [PATCH v3 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation Sergey Organov
2023-10-06 18:42       ` Sergey Organov
2023-10-04 21:45   ` [PATCH v3 2/3] diff-merges: introduce '--dd' option Sergey Organov
2023-10-05 21:45     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-06 17:05       ` Sergey Organov
2023-10-04 21:45   ` [PATCH v3 3/3] completion: complete '--dd' Sergey Organov
2023-10-05 21:45     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-06 18:53       ` Sergey Organov
2023-10-09 16:05 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] diff-merges: introduce '--dd' option Sergey Organov
2023-10-09 16:05   ` [PATCH v4 1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation Sergey Organov
2023-10-09 16:05   ` [PATCH v4 2/3] diff-merges: introduce '--dd' option Sergey Organov
2023-10-09 16:05   ` [PATCH v4 3/3] completion: complete '--dd' Sergey Organov
2023-10-09 20:02   ` [PATCH v4 0/3] diff-merges: introduce '--dd' option Junio C Hamano

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