Leon Michalak <leonmichalak6@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Inheriting the diff.context setting is what scratches my itch the most, although > also being able to set the context in the command list of `add -i` > sounds interesting too. Personally, I don't think I would use the > command line overrides too much myself as most of the time (like with > diff) I'd like to set the option and forget it but it does have a > certain consistency to it. Sounds good. > Slightly off-topic to the discussion, but does anyone have advice on > how to deal with providing a sentinel value for something like > context? Seeing in diff.c static int diff_context_default = 3; static int diff_interhunk_context_default; that they are of signed type, and negative context would not make sense (would it???), wouldn't -1 be a good "they haven't touched this from the command line or configuration" value?