From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:38:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] difftool: Use symlinks when diffing against the worktree
Message-ID: <7vzk6qmo02.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1343023530-31463-1-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com>

David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> writes:

> Teach difftool's --dir-diff mode to use symlinks to represent
> files from the working copy, and make it the default behavior
> for the non-Windows platforms.
>
> Using symlinks is simpler and safer since we do not need to
> worry about copying files back into the worktree.
> The old behavior is still available as --no-symlinks.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
> ---
> Handles the case where an editor unlinks the original symlink,
> replacing it with a file.

Thanks; will replace.