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

[Colin D Bennett]

On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:52:00 -0500
Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> wrote:

> Colin D Bennett wrote:
> > On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:31:35 -0500
> > Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> wrote:
> >> 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"'.
> 
> No, I meant a single configuration that causes it to be used
> everywhere, like the "log_format" option.  I realise my phrasing was
> ambiguous, and I could have meant "I want each command to provide the
> option of using status --short format".

Ok, that is even better.

> > However, there should then
> > be a corresponding "--short-status" option for the 'diff' command.
> 
> Doesn't follow what I meant.

Right, I see now.

> > 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?
> 
> Diff doesn't show merged revisions at all.  I think you mean log.
> Short log format doesn't show merged revisions, but it *also* is a
> shorter output format:

Doh!  Brain fart.  I did mean log.  Anyway, I like your suggestion of
having a configuration option "status_format".

Regards,
Colin
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