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

From: Sergey Organov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 20:45:34 +0300

Philip Oakley <[email-masked]> writes:

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