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Re: [PATCH 0/9] difftool: teach command to perform directory diffs

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 17, 2012, 02:06 UTC
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Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com> writes:
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> 'git difftool' is a very useful command that allows git diffs to be opened
> in an external tool. Currently, difftool opens a separate instance of the
> external tool for each file that changed. This can be tedious when many
> files have changed.
>
> This series teaches difftool to perform directory diffs, so that all file
> changes can be opened/reviewed in a single instance of the external tool.
>
> This is the second phase of development for this feature. The first phase
> was added as a separate command (git diffall) in 1252bbe (contrib: add
> git-diffall script).

Ummm. I do not think the first step is not even done yet; fixing the whitespace-in-pathspec and whitespace-or-lf-in-paths issues now the script is in contrib/, while having people play with it.

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Message 9 of 26 in “difftool: teach command to perform directory diffs”
  1. 0/9 difftool: teach command to perform directory diffsTim Henigan, Mar 17, 2012
  2. 1/9 difftool: parse options using Getopt::LongTim Henigan, Mar 17, 2012
  3. David AguilarMar 17, 2012
  4. Tim HeniganMar 17, 2012
  5. David AguilarMar 18, 2012
  6. 2/9 difftool: exit(0) when usage is printedTim Henigan, Mar 17, 2012
  7. 3/9 difftool: remove explicit change of PATHTim Henigan, Mar 17, 2012
  8. 4/9 difftool: stop appending '.exe' to gitTim Henigan, Mar 17, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2012
  10. Tim HeniganMar 17, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2012
  12. 0/9 difftool: teach command to perform directory diffsTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  13. 1/9 difftool: parse options using Getopt::LongTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  14. 2/9 difftool: exit(0) when usage is printedTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  15. 3/9 difftool: remove explicit change of PATHTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  16. 4/9 difftool: stop appending '.exe' to gitTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  17. 5/9 difftool: eliminate setup_environment functionTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  18. 6/9 difftool: replace system call with Git::command_noisyTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  19. 7/9 difftool: teach difftool to handle directory diffsTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  20. 8/9 difftool: teach dir-diff to copy modified files back to working treeTim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  21. 9/9 difftool: print list of valid tools with '--tool-help'Tim Henigan, Mar 18, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2012
  23. David AguilarMar 20, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2012
  25. Tim HeniganMar 20, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2012

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