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Re: [PATCH 8/9 v13] difftool: teach difftool to handle directory diffs

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Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 20, 2012, 16:58 UTC
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:34 AM, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> wrote:
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> An alternative would be teaching difftool to gracefully handle the R
> lines in the --raw output.
>
> Simply creating the files as they existed on each side is a reasonable
> start.  It seems better form to handle all possible output from --raw
> anyways.  It's better than pretending it doesn't exist, I think.
I like this idea best.  I will send v14 (lucky 14!) with this change.
> Doing "smart" things with the rename information is hairy so it's
> certainly worth leaving that for another day.
Agreed.
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  1. 8/9 difftool: teach difftool to handle directory diffsTim Henigan, Apr 13, 2012
  2. David AguilarApr 15, 2012
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  5. Tim HeniganApr 17, 2012
  6. David AguilarApr 18, 2012
  7. Tim HeniganApr 18, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2012
  9. Tim HeniganApr 18, 2012
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  11. Tim HeniganApr 19, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2012
  13. David AguilarApr 20, 2012
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