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Re: side-by-side diff for gitweb?

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ERE R <pc88mxer@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 26, 2009, 01:38 UTC
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Here's something that could help:
http://svn.tools.ietf.org/tools/rfcdiff/
I don't like their colors, but that should be easy to change.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Jakub Narebski<jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> E R <pc88mxer@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is there a a side-by-side diff viewer for gitweb?
>
> No, it is for a long time on TODO list for gitweb, but it never got
> implemented.
>
>> If not, any suggestions for the best way to go about implementing one?
>
> Take a look at other web interfaces in Perl, and find how they do it
> (IIRC Codestriker web review tool is in Perl, and has side-by-side
> diffs).  Ask on #perl.  Ask on perlmongers.  Search CPAN[1].
>
> [1] Note that we frown upon introducing extra dependencies for gitweb,
> unless they are optional, and best detected automatically.
> --
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
> ShadeHawk on #git
>
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  1. E RJun 11, 2009
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  3. E RJun 26, 2009

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