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Re: [wishlist] graphical diff

From
Christian MICHON <christian.michon@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2007, 21:39 UTC
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On 3/18/07, Raimund Bauer <ray007@gmx.net> wrote:
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> I think it would be really helpful (especially for newbies like me) to
> have an option like
>
> git diff --gui [revisions] <singe path spec>
>
> to fire up a graphical diff viewer (similar to what git-mergetool does).
>
> Another good place to start a graphical diff from is probably gitk from
> a context-menu for the changed files in the lower right pane.
>
> Thoughts?
>

gvimdiff is pretty cool. Have a look at the archives, I asked recently how to perform this, and a few solutions came out (you need a sane shell, and the abilities to create fifos).

I'd use it everyday if a true vim/gvim explorer plugin would exist (and it's hard to code!).

-- 
Christian
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  1. Raimund BauerMar 18, 2007
  2. Robin RosenbergMar 18, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinMar 18, 2007
  4. Robin RosenbergMar 18, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  6. Raimund BauerMar 19, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  8. Raimund BauerMar 19, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  10. Raimund BauerMar 19, 2007
  11. Christian MICHONMar 18, 2007

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