Re: What's cooking in git.git (topics)

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Feb 20, 2007, 08:20 UTC
Message-ID: <20070220082020.GA27084@localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <7v7iudz33y.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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> * js/diff-2 (Sun Feb 18 12:44:43 2007 +0100) 1 commit
>  - Add `git diff2`, a GNU diff workalike
> 
> Undecided.  Perhaps will merge to 'next' to see if somebody else
> comes up with a better naming idea.

With this, we can get rid of any test dependency on an external diff and have a consistent replacement for cmp[1], as well.

`git gdiff`? `git xdiff`? `gdiff` would be easier on the fingers (assuming querty), but `xdiff` is probably a more accurate name.

[1] - <200702172225.12758.johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

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Eric Wong