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Re: visualise the output of git-diff?

From
Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date
Jun 19, 2009, 08:42 UTC
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<9553BA37-1651-4A83-90E8-56EB4583F0D8@wincent.com>
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<200906190732.24455.Karlis.Repsons@gmail.com>
El 19/6/2009, a las 9:32, Kārlis Repsons escribió:
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> Hi,
> this is about displaying git-diff results:
> in case of long text lines, where only a single word may be changed,  
> it would
> be useful, if that single difference would be displayed in a different
> colour, but is it possible?

I started working on a patch for that feature a while back and then got snowed under by other work, but it's still on my TODO list. There was some discussion on the list about the idea.

The relevant thread starts with
	
	Message-ID: <53497057-1ADE-4300-9F35-B218959606FE@wincent.com>
	Subject: RFC: git diff colorization idea
Browsable copy here:
	http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/106805

Cheers, Wincent

Previous: David Aguilar
Message 4 of 4 in “visualise the output of git-diff?”
  1. Kārlis RepsonsJun 19, 2009
  2. Teemu LikonenJun 19, 2009
  3. David AguilarJun 19, 2009
  4. Wincent ColaiutaJun 19, 2009

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