Re: [PATCH] diff: add --no-indicators option

From: Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 19, 2025, 15:02 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPx1Gvcc6P08F=HiqWOMcWjGtv1TsqeS3aR=GtzVxpMBzorqFw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20251219145447.22234-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris!
>
> Thanks for the idea, but that doesn't seem fast at all 😅

It's terrifically easy to script. Instead of:

    git show $rev -- $path

you need:

    git show ${rev}^:$path >$path.old
    git show ${rev}:$path >$path.new

which in sh/bash is (you can fancy this up some):

    rev=$(git rev-parse "$1") || exit
    path=$2

followed by the two "git show" commands. Using ${rev}^ gets you the raw hash ID of the specified revision followed by the caret / hat suffix, which means "parent of the given rev", so all you need to specify to the mini-script is the same rev you'd pass to "git show" and the path name.

(I don't need this often enough to bother with the script, I just type in the commands.)

Chris