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character-based diff in gitk?

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ABAlex Belykh <albel727@ngs.ru>
Date
Aug 19, 2010, 14:33 UTC
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Hi, guys.

There's a question, that's been bugging me for quite a long time. Is it possible to make gitk show character-based diff instead of line-based one?

I'm aware of git-diff's "--word-diff" option, but I would like to have the same functionality in GUI. That would make comprehending some diffs, that I usually encounter (like commented-out code, changed class/method names, etc), MUCH easier. Does gitk use git-diff machinery, and if so, is there a way to pass this option to it?

Best regards, Alex Belykh.

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  1. Alex BelykhAug 19, 2010

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