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RE: [wishlist] graphical diff

From
RBRaimund Bauer <ray@softwarelandschaft.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2007, 08:14 UTC
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On Monday, March 19, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> > söndag 18 mars 2007 14:16 skrev Raimund Bauer:
> > > I think it would be really helpful (especially for 
> newbies like me) 
> > > to have an option like
> > > 
> > > git diff --gui [revisions] <singe path spec>
> 
> And how do you set _what_ gui you want? Everybody has her pet 
> diff-viewer 
> (mine is less, BTW).

Maybe with a git.gui config option (like merge.tool)? Or by specifying on the commandline:

git diff --gui=<my-gui-differ> ...
And <my-gui-differ> = xxdiff | kompare | tkdiff | ...
-- 
best regards

  Ray
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  1. Raimund BauerMar 18, 2007
  2. Robin RosenbergMar 18, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinMar 18, 2007
  4. Robin RosenbergMar 18, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  6. Raimund BauerMar 19, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  8. Raimund BauerMar 19, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  10. Raimund BauerMar 19, 2007
  11. Christian MICHONMar 18, 2007

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