Re: [RFC 1/4] Add diff-diff, which compares the diffs of two commits

From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Dec 15, 2007, 17:04 UTC
Message-ID: <20071215170436.GA22485@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <1197737505128-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>

On 2007.12.15 17:51:42 +0100, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

> The following patch series adds experimental diff-diff support.

[...]

> At this point, I'm only seeking comments about the general direction.
> The patches should not be applied to git.git.
> 
>  - Do you think something like this would be helpful?

I think I might use it to e.g. compare stuff when upstream modified the patch I submitted.

>  - Are similar approaches already available?

interdiff from patchutils. Probably interdiff would also be a better name than diff-diff, just to be consistent with what is already there. And using interdiff instead of plain diff in your script might also yield better results (I didn't use interdiff that often yet).

Björn