From: Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:10:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [OT] perhaps we want to support copied-context diff output
Message-ID: <20071208111029.GB2844@xp.machine.xx>
In-Reply-To: <20071208085302.GA13432@glandium.org>

On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 09:53:02AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > Perhaps we may want to add "diff -c" (copied context) output format as
> > an option, which may be easier to read.
> 
> Or maybe use the patience diff.
> 

[... skip testcase showing a much nicer diff for human consumption ...]

AFAIR bzr uses the patience diff already. I don't actually use bzr
(obviously, because git is so much better:-) but it produces much nicer
diffs than git if you have many small changes nearby.

-Peter