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Re: help with git usage

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RQRichard Quirk <richard.quirk@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 30, 2008, 08:22 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Daniel Quinlan <danq@brtt.com> wrote:
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>  3) Similarly, I can't use the little context diffs I can see in git-gui  --
> I need to see side by side comparisons;
>  I've become accustomed to tkdiff.  It seems like git mergetool knows how to
> do that in some restricted
>  circumstances, but I want to do it outside the context of a merge.

If you use Vim, I'd recommend the vcscommand plugin - see http://code.google.com/p/vcscommand/ - which has fairly recently added git support. Once installed :VCSVimDiff shows the diff side by side between working copy and HEAD (by default, or whatever revision you tell it) like a regular vimdiff between files.

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  1. Daniel QuinlanApr 29, 2008
  2. Daniel BarkalowApr 29, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiApr 30, 2008
  4. Daniel QuinlanMay 7, 2008
  5. Julian PhillipsMay 8, 2008
  6. Dirk SüsserottMay 8, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiMay 8, 2008
  8. Matt GrahamApr 30, 2008
  9. Andreas EricssonApr 30, 2008
  10. Richard QuirkApr 30, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiApr 30, 2008
  12. Richard QuirkApr 30, 2008

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