On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:16:15AM +0100, Leon Michalak wrote:
> - make `diff.context` setting extend to the interactive patch commands
> (not sure how a change like this would be welcomed considering it
> could change users command outputs seemingly out of nowhere)
> - add an `interactive.context` setting that would work like the
> existing `diff.context` setting but apply only to the interactive
> patch commands
In my opinion it would be fine to respect diff.context (and probably
diff.interhunkcontext[1]) by default. Though it does change the command
output, the interactive output is by definition user-facing, so we
shouldn't be breaking scripts. And we already respect other porcelain
level config like colorizing.
I think the only reason we don't already do so is that the interactive
code is built around the plumbing commands, which conservatively avoid
various config options. So the calling code has to explicitly check the
config itself.
-Peff
[1] Looking at git_diff_ui_config(), which are all the options read by
porcelain git-diff but not by plumbing git-diff-files, etc, there
may be other config in the same boat. E.g., I'd guess that people
with diff.colormoved set would appreciate seeing that effect in the
colorized versions we show. But I think it is OK to just consider
diff.context for now, and see if anybody ever cares enough about
other options to look into them.
