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Re: js/difftool-no-index, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2019, #02; Tue, 14)

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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May 17, 2019, 18:27 UTC
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Hi Junio,
On Wed, 15 May 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
> I was imagining what would happen if we treat _everything_ in the two
> directories being compared by "difftool --dir-diff --no-index" as if it
> is tracked.

Isn't this exactly what `git difftool --no-index` *without* `--dir-diff` does already (although without copying or hardlinking or symlinking any files)?

Ciao, Dscho

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