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Re: FR: git diff ignore option

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 26, 2020, 10:39 UTC
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Hi Thomas
On 24/10/2020 12:00, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> git diff is missing an ignore option, like `diff -I`,

This is being worked on at the moment - see https://lore.kernel.org/git/20201020064809.14297-1-michal@isc.org

Best Wishes
Phillip
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> which would be 
> especially useful for translation files (.po) to check changed contents 
> and not updated line numbers:
> 
> #: sourcefile.c:/123/
> msgid "id"
> msgstr "*changed text*"
> 
> "changed text" is important to be checked, "123" is distracting
> 
> Kind regards
> Thomas
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  1. Thomas WolffOct 24, 2020
  2. Phillip WoodOct 26, 2020

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