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Re: cvs diff -l equivalent?

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Jul 30, 2008, 21:25 UTC
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<alpine.LFD.1.10.0807301424271.3277@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote:
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> Someone popped this question on me.  The closest I got was:
> 
>    git diff .
> 
> But that still recurses.  Any solutions without patching?

Not without patching, no. When generating a patch, git diff always recurses.

I suspect adding some kind of "-l" flag would be about five lines of code, though, so if you really need it... Hint, hint.

		Linus
Previous: Mikael Magnusson
Message 8 of 8 in “cvs diff -l equivalent?”
  1. Stephen R. van den BergJul 30, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 30, 2008
  3. Stephen R. van den BergJul 30, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 30, 2008
  5. Thomas RastJul 30, 2008
  6. Stephen R. van den BergJul 30, 2008
  7. Mikael MagnussonJul 30, 2008
  8. Linus TorvaldsJul 30, 2008

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