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Re: Feature request: be able to pass arguments to difftool command

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2018, 16:44 UTC
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David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> writes:
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> While I do see the utility, it would be just as easy to configure a 2nd
> and 3rd variant of the same difftool and use those as needed instead.
>
> "git difftool -t ccdiff2" or "-t ccdiff3" is the simplest, and there's
> nothing stopping the user from creating aliases to shorten it further.
> ...
> We already have two mechanisms for controlling the inner command that's
> launched by difftool.  IMO we don't need more.
OK, fair enough.
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  1. H.Merijn BrandAug 28, 2018
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2018
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  4. David AguilarSep 16, 2018
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