Re: Diff output from a rewrite of a function

From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date: Mar 9, 2007, 19:47 UTC
Message-ID: <200703092047.54799.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vbqj38gkp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

fredag 09 mars 2007 00:24 skrev Junio C Hamano:

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> Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> writes:
> 
> > Increase the context size from the default three lines.  Something like
> > diff -U 7 old new will require larger chunks of unchanged code for diff
> > break up a hunk. With git you can do 
> >
> > GIT_DIFF_OPTS=-u7 git-diff-....
> 
> I think you can say "git diff -U7" to do what you are
> describing, but I do not think that does what you want.

True, it's not exactly what I want, but it is easier to read than a diff split up in many small hunks with misleading context. With larger hunks I can ignore the misleading matching lines in the middle without thinking too much, so it kind-o alleviates my problems a little.

-- robin