From: Matt McClure Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:24:02 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] t7800: fix tests when difftool uses --no-symlinks Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vd2up4bo7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Admittedly I do not use difftool myself, and I have long assumed > that difftool users are using the tools to _view_ the changes, but > apparently some of the tools let the user muck with what is shown, > and also apparently people seem to like the fact that they can make > changes. So I've led to believe the "update in difftool, take the > change back to working tree, either by making symbolic links or > copying them back" behaviour was a _feature_. Definitely. Here's how I use it: http://matthewlmcclure.com/s/2013/03/14/use-emacs-dircmp-mode-as-a-git-difftool.html -- Matt McClure http://www.matthewlmcclure.com http://www.mapmyfitness.com/profile/matthewlmcclure