[v4,1/3] diff-merges: improve --diff-merges documentation

Commit Message

Sergey Organov Oct. 9, 2023, 4:05 p.m. UTC

* 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 <[e-mail]>
---
 Documentation/diff-options.txt | 100 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
 Documentation/git-log.txt      |   2 +-
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 9f33f887711d..69065c0e90a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -43,66 +43,74 @@  endif::git-diff[]
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifdef::git-log[]
---diff-merges=(off|none|on|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc|remerge|r)::
+-m::
+	Show diffs for merge commits in the default format. This is
+	similar to '--diff-merges=on', except `-m` will
+	produce no output unless `-p` is given as well.
+
+-c::
+	Produce combined diff output for merge commits.
+	Shortcut for '--diff-merges=combined -p'.
+
+--cc::
+	Produce dense combined diff output for merge commits.
+	Shortcut for '--diff-merges=dense-combined -p'.
+
+--remerge-diff::
+	Produce remerge-diff output for merge commits.
+	Shortcut for '--diff-merges=remerge -p'.
+
 --no-diff-merges::
+	Synonym for '--diff-merges=off'.
+
+--diff-merges=<format>::
 	Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is
-	{diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case
-	`first-parent` is the default.
+	{diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in
+	which case `first-parent` is the default.
 +
---diff-merges=(off|none):::
---no-diff-merges:::
+The following formats are supported:
++
+--
+off, none::
 	Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override
 	implied value.
 +
---diff-merges=on:::
---diff-merges=m:::
--m:::
-	This option makes diff output for merge commits to be shown in
-	the default format. `-m` will produce the output only if `-p`
-	is given as well. The default format could be changed using
-	`log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value
+on, m::
+	Make diff output for merge commits to be shown in the default
+	format. The default format could be changed using
+	`log.diffMerges` configuration variable, whose default value
 	is `separate`.
 +
---diff-merges=first-parent:::
---diff-merges=1:::
-	This option makes merge commits show the full diff with
-	respect to the first parent only.
+first-parent, 1::
+	Show full diff with respect to first parent. This is the same
+	format as `--patch` produces for non-merge commits.
 +
---diff-merges=separate:::
-	This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to
-	each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated
-	for each parent.
+separate::
+	Show full diff with respect to each of parents.
+	Separate log entry and diff is generated for each parent.
 +
---diff-merges=remerge:::
---diff-merges=r:::
---remerge-diff:::
-	With this option, two-parent merge commits are remerged to
-	create a temporary tree object -- potentially containing files
-	with conflict markers and such.  A diff is then shown between
-	that temporary tree and the actual merge commit.
+combined, c::
+	Show differences from each of the parents to the merge
+	result simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between
+	a parent and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists
+	only files which were modified from all parents.
++
+dense-combined, cc::
+	Further compress output produced by `--diff-merges=combined`
+	by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in the parents
+	have only two variants and the merge result picks one of them
+	without modification.
++
+remerge, r::
+	Remerge two-parent merge commits to create a temporary tree
+	object--potentially containing files with conflict markers
+	and such.  A diff is then shown between that temporary tree
+	and the actual merge commit.
 +
 The output emitted when this option is used is subject to change, and
 so is its interaction with other options (unless explicitly
 documented).
-+
---diff-merges=combined:::
---diff-merges=c:::
--c:::
-	With this option, diff output for a merge commit shows the
-	differences from each of the parents to the merge result
-	simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a
-	parent and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists
-	only files which were modified from all parents. `-c` implies
-	`-p`.
-+
---diff-merges=dense-combined:::
---diff-merges=cc:::
---cc:::
-	With this option the output produced by
-	`--diff-merges=combined` is further compressed by omitting
-	uninteresting hunks whose contents in the parents have only
-	two variants and the merge result picks one of them without
-	modification.  `--cc` implies `-p`.
+--
 
 --combined-all-paths::
 	This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 2a66cf888074..9b7ec96e767a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@  Note that unless one of `--diff-merges` variants (including short
 will not show a diff, even if a diff format like `--patch` is
 selected, nor will they match search options like `-S`. The exception
 is when `--first-parent` is in use, in which case `first-parent` is
-the default format.
+the default format for merge commits.
 
 :git-log: 1
 :diff-merges-default: `off`