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Re: Clean up sha1 file writing

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Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
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May 25, 2006, 00:31 UTC
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 17:19:29 -0700 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 24 May 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >>
> >> It was very pleasant to read the changes that way, especially around 
> >> write_sha1_to_fd() vs repack_object().  xxdiff is my new friend.
> >
> > I think "kompare" (the KDE diff tool) is nicer.
> 
> I'd love to give it a whirl, but aptitude says it will consume
> 73.5MB diskspace to install it, with download size 22.4MB, which
> makes me go ... hmmmm (my machines are currently KDE free so the
> above counts slurping in the kdelibs essentials).  
>

"meld" works great too, and lets you do hunk-level merging etc; very handy. The bash <( ... ) feature is quite handy too, it will create a temp file for you and clean it up afterward.

$ meld sha1_file.c <(git cat-file -p c2f493a4ae:sha1_file.c)
Sean
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  1. Linus TorvaldsMay 24, 2006
  2. Matthias LederhoferMay 24, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsMay 24, 2006
  4. H. Peter AnvinJun 2, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsJun 2, 2006
  6. H. Peter AnvinJun 4, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsJun 4, 2006
  8. Linus TorvaldsJun 4, 2006
  9. H. Peter AnvinJun 4, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2006
  11. Linus TorvaldsMay 24, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2006
  13. SeanMay 25, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2006
  15. cat-file: document -p optionJeff King, May 25, 2006

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