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Re: [PATCH v4] Display change history as a diff between two dirs

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RKRoland Kaufmann <rlndkfmn+git@gmail.com>
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Feb 27, 2012, 11:31 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 01:13, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> How does this compare with Tim Henigan's "diffall"?  I think the problem
> these two topics try to address is the same, and their approach may be
> similar enough that having one consolidated effort might be worth it.

Yes, I certainly agree. From a quick glance it seems to do exactly the same thing (and both take inspirations from scripts already floating around on the net); I guess that is a sign that it is an idea whose time has come! :-)

The major difference is that Tim's version generate the list of files and then extract them, whereas my current version piggybacks on the external diff interface (as you suggested in one of the previous reviews). Which of these approaches -- if any -- has the most merit I think depends on the plans for that interface.

But until that's decided upon, it would have been nice if a version could hang out in contrib/ to gather some experience.

-- 
   Roland.
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