RE: git with custom diff for commits

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Dec 18, 2007, 21:27 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712182124410.23902@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <000101c841b7$5f1d1060$762a14ac@na.acco.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Gerald Gutierrez wrote:

> Yes, but wouldn't it be slick to actually teach git's internal diff to 
> do things like GNU diff can, like the ignore option -I, case 
> insensitivity, etc. I thought that's what the external diff capability 
> is for, but it is not so.

I disagree. Your statement is misleading when you say you want the internal diff to do things like GNU diff can.

What you want to do _in fact_ is not only modify the diff _output_, but the commit _input_.

And I am not so keen on such filters. If I do not want to commit, I do not change it to begin with. Yes, your mysqldump is a special case here. But it is special anyway, as it is not source code.

Ciao, Dscho