[MERGE] Fix #87179 by using the short status format when the short format is used for log.

[Colin D Bennett]

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:31:35 -0500
Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> wrote:

> Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
> >>>>>> "aaron" == Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> writes:
> > 
> >     aaron> Aaron Bentley has voted comment.
> >     aaron> Status is now: Semi-approved
> >     aaron> Comment:
> > 
> >     aaron> I don't really see why there should be an association
> >     aaron> between the short log format and the short status
> >     aaron> display. 
> > 
> > The weak argument is that if you specify --short, you want a
> > short display ?
> 
> When I specify --short (actually, it's my default), I want a display
> that doesn't show merges.
> 
> I never run status without --short.  I think it's a superior way of
> displaying status information.  I'd like it to be used everywhere, or
> at least I want the *option* of using it everywhere.

So you can use 'alias st="status --short"'.  However, there should then
be a corresponding "--short-status" option for the 'diff' command.

Perhaps 'diff --short' should really be called 'diff --flat', since
that's really what it does:  It doesn't show the sub-revisions within
merged revisions, right?  Although I don't suppose it's worth changing
the option at this point.  Just adding a 'diff --short-status' option
would suffice.

Regards,
Colin
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