{"thread":{"id":"43446","subject":"Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed","startedAt":"2006-12-14T10:40:21Z","lastAt":"2006-12-14T23:40:24Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Eric Wong","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"297146","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0612141139540.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","threadId":"43446","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2006-12-14T10:40:21Z","receivedAt":"2006-12-14T10:40:21Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"\nSince a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation.\n\nSigned-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>\n---\n INSTALL |   10 ----------\n 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL\nindex b5dd9f0..e7aea60 100644\n--- a/INSTALL\n+++ b/INSTALL\n@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ Issues of note:\n \t- expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock\n \t  management over DAV.  Similar to \"curl\" above, this is optional.\n \n-\t- \"GNU diff\" to generate patches.  Of course, you don't _have_ to\n-\t  generate patches if you don't want to, but let's face it, you'll\n-\t  be wanting to. Or why did you get git in the first place?\n-\n-\t  Non-GNU versions of the diff/patch programs don't generally support\n-\t  the unified patch format (which is the one git uses), so you\n-\t  really do want to get the GNU one.  Trust me, you will want to\n-\t  do that even if it wasn't for git.  There's no point in living\n-\t  in the dark ages any more. \n-\n         - \"wish\", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the\n           history graphically\n \n-- \n1.4.4.2.ga1b439-dirty\n"},{"id":"294825","messageId":"20061214204634.GF8179@localdomain","threadId":"43446","inReplyTo":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0612141139540.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","subject":"Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed","fromName":"Eric Wong","fromEmail":"normalperson@yhbt.net","sentAt":"2006-12-14T20:46:34Z","receivedAt":"2006-12-14T20:46:34Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"e@80x24.org","avatar":null},"body":"Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:\n> \n> Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation.\n\nWe still require it for running tests.  And git-rerere just\nadded a dependency on it (my fault :)\n\n-- \n"},{"id":"297842","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0612150037240.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","threadId":"43446","inReplyTo":"20061214204634.GF8179@localdomain","subject":"Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2006-12-14T23:40:24Z","receivedAt":"2006-12-14T23:40:24Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Eric Wong wrote:\n\n> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:\n> > \n> > Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation.\n> \n> We still require it for running tests.  And git-rerere just\n> added a dependency on it (my fault :)\n\nAh! Some of the tests are my fault, since I find the output of \"diff -u\" \nso much more pleasant than \"cmp\" when trying to find a bug.\n\nHow about adding a GNU diff look alike, say \"git-file-diff\"?\n\nCiao,\nDscho\n"}]}