diff-options: make --patch a synonym for -p

wpalmer · gitster · commit 1c9eecff97be · 2010-05-18T21:50:03.000-07:00
Here we simply make --patch a synonym for -p, whose mnemonic was "patch"
all along.

Signed-off-by: Will Palmer &lt;wmpalmer@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jeff King &lt;peff@peff.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 -p::
 -u::
+--patch::
 	Generate patch (see section on generating patches).
 	{git-diff? This is the default.}
 endif::git-format-patch[]
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
 	const char *arg = av[0];
 
 	/* Output format options */
-	if (!strcmp(arg, "-p") || !strcmp(arg, "-u"))
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "-p") || !strcmp(arg, "-u") || !strcmp(arg, "--patch"))
 		options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 	else if (opt_arg(arg, 'U', "unified", &options->context))
 		options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
