From: Ted Pavlic Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:06:47 GMT Subject: Re: diff settings Message-ID: <497D1AB7.7000208@tedpavlic.com> In-Reply-To: >> Mercurial has a "defaults.*" that does exactly what you want. That is, you can >> [defaults] >> diff = -w >> and "hg diff" will automatically do "hg diff -w". Such a feature might be a >> nice addition to git. > Thank you, that is very interesting. I just submitted a patch this morning that > does exactly what you describe, but I called it "primer" instead of "defaults" > because it seemed more explicit. Check it out. I saw that. However, in Mercurial's case, the [defaults] section applies to all commands (including new ones introduced by extensions). That is, it looks like your patch adds a diff.primer, but Mercurial would add a primer.* that allows you to have a primer.diff, primer.commit, etc. For example, wouldn't it be nice to have something like... [defaults] diff = -w commit = -a etc.? Right now the only way you can do that is with aliases (e.g., I have an alias from "ci" to "commit -a"). This task is pretty easy in Mercurial because Mercurial porcelains are implemented as modules that are all executed through the central "hg" command. This isn't the case with git. (on a somewhat unrelated note, Mercurial does have a [diff] section that allows for, say, forcing the use of git diff and other things) --Ted -- Ted Pavlic Please visit my ALS association page: http://web.alsa.org/goto/tedpavlic My family appreciates your support in the fight to defeat ALS.