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Re: [PATCH v4] gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffs

From
David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 8, 2010, 09:02 UTC
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<20100408090211.GA31594@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<201004021332.53562.markus.heidelberg@web.de>
On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 12:32:53PM +0100, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
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> David Aguilar, 2010-03-31 04:09:
> > This teaches gitk about git-difftool.  A benefit of this change
> > is that gitk's external diff feature now works with read-only
> > repositories.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
> 
> Tested-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>

Paul, you haven't replied yet but I do remember you mentioning that you like to keep gitk backwards-compat with older git. I have a newer version of this patch that checks for the existence of difftool --extcmd=<cmd> before trying to use it. It'll be PATCH v5.

-- 
		David
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Message 8 of 14 in “gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffs”
  1. gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffsDavid Aguilar, Mar 27, 2010
  2. gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffsDavid Aguilar, Mar 28, 2010
  3. gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffsDavid Aguilar, Mar 28, 2010
  4. Markus HeidelbergMar 28, 2010
  5. David AguilarMar 31, 2010
  6. gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffsDavid Aguilar, Mar 31, 2010
  7. Markus HeidelbergApr 2, 2010
  8. David AguilarApr 8, 2010
  9. gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffs when git >= 1.7.0David Aguilar, Apr 8, 2010
  10. Paul MackerrasApr 17, 2010
  11. David AguilarApr 17, 2010
  12. Jay SoffianApr 18, 2010
  13. gitk: Use git-difftool for external diffs when availableDavid Aguilar, Apr 20, 2010
  14. David AguilarJun 8, 2010

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