Re: Bug Report

From: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>
Date: Mar 27, 2020, 12:59 UTC
Message-ID: <20200327124140.643uxbt2kvjwfxri@yadavpratyush.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ+U58yrKi=4VHRCAw68yAste=j3vzrvd2DoEW6QL-_sRWO2Aw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi James,

On 27/03/20 11:53AM, James Yeoman wrote:

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> gitk and git-gui are both not respecting git config.
> 
> When I set the diff.algorithm global config to patience, the command
> line git respects the config. However, both gitk and git-gui don't.
> When I use "git status -vv" to get a diff of the working directory,
> the diff produced respects the algorithm choice. The diff of the
> working directory in gitk and git-gui both still use the default diff
> algorithm, rather than the algorithm from the config.

 
Thanks for reporting. Can you please send steps to produce a simple 
scenario where the diff from two algorithms is different so I can test 
why git-gui is not respecting the config. Make them as minimal as 
possible.

Also, +Cc Paul, the gitk maintainer.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav