git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Can `add --patch` display the diff in my difftool instead of just printing it on the command line?

From
Dun Peal <dunpealer@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2010, 21:17 UTC
Message-ID
<AANLkTi=_VyUAL+qjWLEcThX-zC5n0v0WB-W7hTSZn0ae@mail.gmail.com>
Hi.

I'd like to display the diff of each modified working copy file, and have the option of staging (or reversing) each patch after it is displayed. This is exactly the same thing `add --patch` does, except I want the diff to be displayed in my difftool (happens to be vimdiff) rather than just being printed.

Thanks, D.
Next: Jeff King
Message 1 of 3 in “Can `add --patch` display the diff in my difftool instead of just printing it on the command line?”
  1. Dun PealDec 14, 2010
  2. Jeff KingDec 14, 2010
  3. Dun PealDec 14, 2010

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.