Re: Patchdiff

> Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> writes:
>
>>> Do we have anything that allows me to compare two versions of a patch?
>>> In theory it'd do something like "apply both patches to the their
>>> merge base, then show the diff between the results". I don't think we
>>> have something like that, since there's probably some major caveats
>>> about conflicts when applying the patches to their merge-base. Or
>>> perhaps my theory is silly, and there's an easier way to compare two
>>> patches (other than looking at a diff's diff, which I've never been
>>> good at).
>>
>> What about Git's diff -c/--cc ?  You'd have to reverse the parenthood
>> logic though.
>
> When I did "diff --cc" originally, I thought about its interaction with
> reverse (-R), and gave up.