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Re: diff settings

From
Keith Cascio <keith@cs.ucla.edu>
Date
Jan 25, 2009, 21:11 UTC
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<alpine.GSO.2.00.0901251307030.12651@kiwi.cs.ucla.edu>
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<497CD352.2060402@tedpavlic.com>
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Ted Pavlic wrote:
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> Mercurial has a "defaults.*" that does exactly what you want. That is, you can
> say
> 
> [defaults]
> diff = -w
> 
> and "hg diff" will automatically do "hg diff -w". Such a feature might be a 
> nice addition to git.

Thank you, that is very interesting. I just submitted a patch this morning that does exactly what you describe, but I called it "primer" instead of "defaults" because it seemed more explicit. Check it out.

                            -- Keith
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  1. Keith CascioJan 24, 2009
  2. Jeff KingJan 24, 2009
  3. Teemu LikonenJan 24, 2009
  4. Keith CascioJan 24, 2009
  5. Ted PavlicJan 25, 2009
  6. Keith CascioJan 25, 2009
  7. Ted PavlicJan 26, 2009
  8. Ted PavlicJan 29, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinJan 29, 2009
  10. Keith CascioJan 29, 2009
  11. Nanako ShiraishiJan 29, 2009
  12. Ted PavlicJan 31, 2009
  13. Keith CascioJan 31, 2009

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