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Re: Questions about --ext-diff

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 24, 2026, 20:25 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> For many cases, I think textconv is a better experience. It is less
> flexible (you must be able to transform the binary into something
> textual, which is then diffed). But because of that it fits more neatly
> into existing commands. I may be biased as the author of textconv,
> though. ;)

As the author of ext-diff, I very much agree. The daily maintenance of the drafts of "What's cooking" report is very much the only thing that I find a custom --ext-diff program very useful, but I suspect that even its use can probably be substituted with creative use of the textconv filter, diff hunk header patterns, and the -W option.

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