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Re: [PATCH 1/2] diff: add --word-diff option that generalizes --color-words

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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Apr 5, 2010, 18:53 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> I also think --color --word-diff=plain could show "{+new+}" in green and
> "[-old-]" in red and that may make things more consistent.
I agree.

For some reason, even though I can see the red and green well enough, I find the current --color-words output hard to parse. The use of _only_ color to distinguish old/new somehow doesn't jive with my brain...

I find _highlighting_ using color very useful, but I think using syntax and color together is better than using just color.

-Miles
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Message 6 of 15 in “gitk --color-words”
  1. 0/2 gitk --color-wordsThomas Rast, Apr 4, 2010
  2. 1/2 diff: add --word-diff option that generalizes --color-wordsThomas Rast, Apr 4, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2010
  4. Thomas RastApr 5, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2010
  6. Miles BaderApr 5, 2010
  7. 0/2 gitk --color-wordsThomas Rast, Apr 12, 2010
  8. 1/3 diff: add --word-diff option that generalizes --color-wordsThomas Rast, Apr 12, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2010
  10. Thomas RastApr 13, 2010
  11. 2/3 gitk: do not parse " >" context as submodule changeThomas Rast, Apr 12, 2010
  12. gitk: do not parse " >" context as submodule changeThomas Rast, Apr 12, 2010
  13. 3/3 gitk: add the equivalent of diff --color-wordsThomas Rast, Apr 12, 2010
  14. Thomas RastApr 6, 2010
  15. 2/2 gitk: add the equivalent of diff --color-wordsThomas Rast, Apr 4, 2010

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