Lobbying for -p1 diffs

[Michael Ellerman]

On 3/2/06, Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd at over-yonder.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:13:35AM +1100 I heard the voice of
> Michael Ellerman, and lo! it spake thus:
> >
> > I just thought I'd pipe up once more before 0.8 freezes, and lobby
> > for diff producing -p1 format diffs.
>
> Well, apparently I'm in a minority here, since every other message in
> the thread is discussing details of "how to show this", and since it's
> already merged anyway...   but I really dislike -p1 diffs.  I really,
> really want an option to turn this off (and, me aside, I'm not sure I
> like it being the default).
>
> Of course, it's certainly a tribute to the speed of development that
> things can be brought up, discussed, written, reviewed, and merged in
> the time it takes me to fall behind on email for a day or three...

You gotta be on the ball! :D

But seriously, what's your objection to -p1 ? You don't have a '1' key ?