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Re: [PATCH] difftool: Make directory diff symlink work tree

From
John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Date
Mar 13, 2013, 09:11 UTC
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 08:26:21PM -0400, Matt McClure wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:24 PM, John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> wrote:
> > If so I think you want some new mode of operation for difftool instead
> > of this patch which will also affect unrelated commands.
> 
> Are you suggesting that difftool do the reset work above given a new
> option or by default?

I was suggesting something like the "--symlink-all" option discussed in the parallel thread, but it looks like we now have a better solution than that.

John
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Message 50 of 50 in “difftool -d symlinks, under what conditions”
  1. Matt McClureNov 26, 2012
  2. David AguilarNov 27, 2012
  3. Matt McClureNov 27, 2012
  4. Matt McClureMar 12, 2013
  5. John KeepingMar 12, 2013
  6. David AguilarMar 12, 2013
  7. John KeepingMar 12, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2013
  9. John KeepingMar 12, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2013
  11. Matt McClureMar 12, 2013
  12. Matt McClureMar 12, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2013
  14. Matt McClureMar 12, 2013
  15. John KeepingMar 13, 2013
  16. Matt McClureMar 13, 2013
  17. David AguilarMar 13, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  20. John KeepingMar 13, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  22. John KeepingMar 13, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  24. 0/2 difftool --dir-diff: symlink all files matching the working treeJohn Keeping, Mar 13, 2013
  25. 1/2 git-difftool(1): fix formatting of --symlink descriptionJohn Keeping, Mar 13, 2013
  26. 2/2 difftool --dir-diff: symlink all files matching the working treeJohn Keeping, Mar 13, 2013
  27. David AguilarMar 14, 2013
  28. John KeepingMar 14, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2013
  30. 0/3 difftool --dir-diff: symlink all files matching the working treeJohn Keeping, Mar 14, 2013
  31. 1/3 git-difftool(1): fix formatting of --symlink descriptionJohn Keeping, Mar 14, 2013
  32. 2/3 difftool: avoid double slashes in symlink targetsJohn Keeping, Mar 14, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2013
  34. 3/3 difftool --dir-diff: symlink all files matching the working treeJohn Keeping, Mar 14, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2013
  36. John KeepingMar 14, 2013
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2013
  38. John KeepingMar 14, 2013
  39. John KeepingMar 14, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2013
  41. 0/2 checkout-index: fix .gitattributes handling with --prefixJohn Keeping, Mar 14, 2013
  42. 1/2 t2003: modernize styleJohn Keeping, Mar 14, 2013
  43. 2/2 entry: fix filter lookupJohn Keeping, Mar 14, 2013
  44. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2013
  45. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2013
  46. John KeepingMar 12, 2013
  47. Matt McClureMar 12, 2013
  48. John KeepingMar 12, 2013
  49. Matt McClureMar 13, 2013
  50. John KeepingMar 13, 2013

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