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Meaning of double + and - in Gitk's diff pane

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DSDirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Date
Mar 21, 2011, 18:38 UTC
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Hello,

I regularly use gitk to get an overview. Great tool. But sometimes it shows me in the diff pane lines preceeded with two + or - signs or they are colored in blue or black or printed in bold. I think this is true for merge commits with conflicts.

The simple red - and green + lines are obvious, but is anywhere documented what exactly the other fonts and colors mean? I tried to "Ask The Audience" (which is Google), but try searching for plus and minus! It's pointless.

Dirk
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