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Re: git diff: add option for omitting the contents of deletes

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Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 27, 2011, 22:33 UTC
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Junio, jokes aside, do you think this is useful? Would you accept a patch that implements this?

Micheal, thanks for the indirect + :). Is it +0 or +1?

Best, MS

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

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> Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 26.02.2011 21:11:
>> Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Paging through deletes adds a cognitive burden when reviewing code.
>>
>> Wasn't the ability to say '/^diff --git ' in your pager invented for
>> exactly for that?
>
> Wasn't the pager invented for sifting through output which has to be
> several pages, but not not for that which could be more concise? ;)
>
> In fact, -D would be quite analogous to -M and -C in that respect.
>
> Michael
>
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  1. Mart SõmermaaFeb 26, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2011
  3. Michael J GruberFeb 27, 2011
  4. Mart SõmermaaFeb 27, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  6. Mart SõmermaaFeb 28, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2011
  9. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  10. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2011
  11. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2011
  12. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  13. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2011
  14. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  15. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  17. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2011
  20. Mart SõmermaaMar 7, 2011
  21. Michael J GruberMar 8, 2011
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2011
  23. Mart SõmermaaMar 8, 2011
  24. Jeff KingMar 8, 2011
  25. symling diff driver (Was: Re: git diff: add option for omitting the contents of deletes)Michael J Gruber, Feb 28, 2011
  26. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2011
  27. attr: make attributes depend on file typeMichael J Gruber, Feb 28, 2011
  28. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2011
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  30. Michael J GruberMar 1, 2011
  31. Mart SõmermaaFeb 28, 2011
  32. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011

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