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Context diffs

Subject: Context diffs

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One message between Apr 20, 2008 and Apr 20, 2008.

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Peter Eisentraut· Apr 20, 2008, 20:52 UTC · lore

Would it be possible to support context diffs (like diff -c) in git-diff? In many cases these are easier to interpret than the unified diff format.

I know I can do this via an external diff wrapper, but it'd be nicer if this were built in, considering that it is a very common format.

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