Re: [PATCH] gitk : External diff viewer.

From: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska-wjoc1khpmeg@public.gmane.org>
Date: Jan 31, 2008, 17:50 UTC
Message-ID: <F0FADF3C-E33F-4BA9-B014-312F91CFA7F2@zib.de>
In-Reply-To: <1201795202.11689.9.camel-+NgBfe53rIlR1FB8S1TzorOUoyqYp7Dr@public.gmane.org>

On Jan 31, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Thomas Arcila wrote:

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> Right click on patched file list view gives "External diff" popup  
> menu entry,
> launching selected external diff tool.
> The diff tool is configurable through Edit/Preference/External diff  
> tool.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Arcila <tarcila-s5SjKpinsOs@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>
> Hi,
>
> Here is a patch to gitk that allows to run an external diff viewer.
> It can be configured in Edit/Preferences/External diff tool.
>
> To see the diff between two files:
> - select revisions to diff
> - right click on a file in the patched files list view
> - choose "External diff"
>
> Any feedback is welcome.

Various combinations of showing diffs between index, work tree, and commits work for me. I haven't yet found any problems.

	Steffen