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Re: [PATCH v2] git: update documentation for --git-dir

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Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 28, 2020, 10:40 UTC
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 8:33 PM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> One tool that might help as you do documentation patches: there's a
> doc-diff script that shows the rendered differences.
>
> Try:
>
>   cd Documentation
>   ./doc-diff HEAD^ HEAD
>
> (on a branch with your patch at the tip). It was originally written to
> investigate changes to the markup, etc, but I find it's useful just for
> looking at any documentation patch, because it takes you right to the
> part that changed. :)
>
Nice, thank you for the tip :)
Heba
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  1. git: update documentation for --git-dirHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 23, 2020
  2. Heba WalyJan 23, 2020
  3. Emily ShafferJan 23, 2020
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2020
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  6. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2020
  7. Heba WalyJan 27, 2020
  8. git: update documentation for --git-dirHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 27, 2020
  9. Johannes SixtJan 27, 2020
  10. Heba WalyJan 28, 2020
  11. Jeff KingJan 28, 2020
  12. Heba WalyJan 28, 2020
  13. git: update documentation for --git-dirHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 28, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2020
  15. Heba WalyJan 29, 2020
  16. git: update documentation for --git-dirHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 30, 2020
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