Re: Patchdiff

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: Jan 27, 2010, 01:19 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1001262014250.1681@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <fabb9a1e1001261606i4f706387vaf5647436e454fb4@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> Heya,
> 
> Do we have anything that allows me to compare two versions of a patch?
> In theory it'd do something like "apply both patches to the their
> merge base, then show the diff between the results". I don't think we
> have something like that, since there's probably some major caveats
> about conflicts when applying the patches to their merge-base. Or
> perhaps my theory is silly, and there's an easier way to compare two
> patches (other than looking at a diff's diff, which I've never been
> good at).

What about Git's diff -c/--cc ? You'd have to reverse the parenthood logic though.

Nicolas